According to ProCon.org’s article titled "Should Adults Have the Right to Carry a Concealed Handgun?" criminals are less likely to attack someone who they believe is armed and according to a study by John Lott, PhD, "shall-issue" laws have reduced homicides by 8.5%, aggravated assaults by 7%, rapes by 5%, and robberies by 3%. Lott argued that if states that did not permit concealed handguns in 1992 had permitted them in 1977, 1,570 murders, 4,177 rapes, 60,000 aggravated assaults, and 12,000 robberies would have been prevented between 1977 and 1992. I believe that people should be able to carry handguns that are concealed if they have their license to carry, because even if the adult never has to draw the concealed handgun it will still make them feel safer.

Also according to the ProCon.org article. Concealed handguns are an effective non-lethal form of self-defense a majority of the time. An Autumn 1995 peer-reviewed study by Gary Kleck, PhD, published in the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, found that when someone draws a concealed gun in self-defense, the criminal simply retreats 55.5% of the time. Criminals carry concealed weapons regardless of their legality. Responsible citizens should have the same advantages when it comes to protecting themselves from armed attackers.

In a post on Debate.org states that adults should be able to carry concealed handguns, because the second amendment guarantees the right to bear arms. So, that's enough reason as to why we should be able to carry concealed handguns. It will make criminals second guess themselves, and the government can't guarantee every citizen's safety. Allowing people to carry concealed handguns should be allowed in the United States.


Another fact from the ProCon.org article. Carrying a concealed handgun could aid in ending public shooting sprees. The Apr. 20, 1999 Columbine High School massacre and Apr. 17, 2007 Virginia Tech shooting could have been ended and lives saved by an armed citizen shooting the assailants. In conclusion I believe that people should be able to carry handguns that are concealed if they have their license to carry, because even if the adult never has to draw the concealed handgun it will still make them feel safer.