claim: "everywhere that we have more citizens carrying guns, crime is less. there's a study showing that where states have open carry or concealed carry, but particularly open carry, the crime is down 25 percent."
author: dan patrick
evidence_1: jun 24, 2017 ... maura ewing: could i sum up your new study with the phrase “fewer guns, less  crime”? john j. donohue iii: it's probably too general a statement. but if states are  contemplating, “should we move to the more permissive regime of allowing  citizens to carry concealed handguns?” i do think we can say that it's ...
evidence_2: jan 3, 2016 ... "everywhere that we have more citizens carrying guns, crime is less," patrick said . "there's a study showing that where states have open carry or concealed carry,  but particularly open carry, the crime is down 25 percent. murders are down.  having law-abiding citizens having guns is a good thing.".
evidence_3: apr 25, 2012 ... other reasons for open carry include providing a visible deterrent to crime and  providing more comfort and quicker access than concealed carry. a 1985  department ... researcher gary kleck found that 92 percent of criminal attacks  are deterred when a gun is merely shown (or, rarely, a warning shot fired).
evidence_4: the widespread passage of shall-issue concealed carry laws has not led to  spates of shootings or gun thefts at those locations. ... person knew that an  individual was carrying a concealed handgun, which is unlikely, there are much  easier ways for a criminal to acquire a firearm than by assaulting an armed  individual.
evidence_5: oct 3, 2017 ... some states require gun owners to obtain permits while others have "unrestricted  carry" and do not require permits. proponents of concealed carry say that  criminals are less likely to attack someone they believe to be armed. they cite the  2nd amendment's "right of the people to keep and bear arms," and ...