This is one of the reasons liberty-minded people stress that people should not be forced to get "permits" to own firearms. Just the act of forcing people to get "permission" is an abridgement of the Second Amendment and is unconstitutional. It also inspires people to NOT get permits, and operate in the black market.

Ironically, the areas where more people own guns will likely be attractive to folks who would like to be safer from violent crime, because the criminals will avoid those areas and target areas where people are unarmed. This has been statistically proven by resarchers such as John Lott...

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/newspaper-publishes-gun-owners-nam...

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