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Letters to the editor of the Kansas City Star,
March 29, 2002 |
| Concealed weapons
Terry Stevens (3/20, Letters) obviously has not really thought about how concealed weapons deter crime. Let me explain. Take one large, mean-looking career criminal and call him Tom. Put Tom in a large room with 100 potential victims. Later he will be able to stalk and mug his victims, but right now he just gets to look them over. According to Stevens' idea, 10 of the victims will strap on their shooting iron out in the open for the world to see. Tom sees this and decides not to rob those victims. He wants the money not the excitement or the risk of an armed victim. Unfortunately, the other 90 people are fair game. Good luck to those people. They will need it. With conceal-carry, Tom only knows that 10 of the people in front of him are armed. He doesn't know who they are. Tom decides to use much more caution, thus sparing some of his victims. Tom decides to rethink his career. All 100 people benefit from conceal-carry. Calvin Oyler Polo, Mo.
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