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Originally posted by sycamore
I don't buy that argument though. Will Rogers said it best..."If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Allowing concealed weapons would most likely not reduce crime in New Jersey. Not to mention, New Jersey is the most densely populated state in the country...lack of space can breed contempt. They're better off letting the weapons issue go.
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Well, Syc, I wouldn't buy that argument either, because in every single solitary state in the Union that liberalized CCW, crime went down and it's stayed down, regardless of population density or indeed of any known sociological factor. Their crime rates went down absolutely without exception. That's a very encouraging likelihood of success. The way to bet is that liberalizing CCW in NJ will indeed cause its crime to plunge. It's a total win-win situation: fewer crimes will allow more quality police work getting them solved, less dollars lost in property stolen and productive lives truncated. Thirty-two states in the Union live in this blissful condition, and only cranks and ignoramuses prevent New Jersey from an arguably deserved self-improvement.
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