GunControl

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I feel that you have the right to carry a concealed weapon as long as you take the right lawful actions needed to carry an armed weapon. Some of these actions include having a handgun permit, being a certain age, having a clean criminal record and also completing a firearm safety course. Not all states have the right-to-carry law so therefore you would also have to abide by that states law. Only 31 out of the 50 states have the right-to-carry law. You would think these states have a higher crime and murder rate. This is false these states on average have a 24% lower violent crime rate, a 19% lower murder rate and a 39% lower robbery rate. In fact the top ten lowest crime rate states are all right-to-carry states. Listening to the daily media you would think that the crime rate was at an all time high but in fact it is at a record low. Only 142 children 15 years of age or under die because of gun related deaths when normally for this age group the crime rate is about 642 deaths per year. I feel that if you take the right safety precautions and the right measures then you should be able you to have the right to carry a concealed weapon. This is also stating that you live in one of the proper 31 states.