From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Concealed gun law has little impact," by Heather Ratcliffe--
Some expected less violence. Some expected more.
But two years after the Legislature provided permission for qualified Missourians to carry concealed firearms, neither side of the controversial measure seems to have a license to say, "I told you so."
Police say crime has not dropped since residents began to legally arm themselves. Neither does the number of unjustified or accidental shootings appear to be up. Few officials can even recall anyone with a permit firing a gun, deliberately or inadvertently.
--Posted by Illinois personal injury lawyer T. Evan Schaeffer of the Bethalto Illinois personal injury law firm of Schaeffer & Lamere, P.C.
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