Concealed carry laws produce far more lethal violence than lawful self-defense

Evidence

Gun-rights advocates use self-defense as the main justification for laws granting individuals the right to carry concealed handguns in public. However, this justification does not fare well when compared with how concealed handguns are actually used. An extensive analysis of concealed-carry shootings found that only 3% were lawful self-defense (Violence Policy Center, 2015). … Rather, most of the guns were used for criminal homicides, murder-suicides, and suicides. These findings indicate that carrying concealed weapons risks lethal violence rather than preventing it. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1207 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Self-defense justification for concealed carry rarely matches actual gun use. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 1207; Self-defense justifies only 3 percent of concealed-carry shootings. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 1207

Broader Connections

• Self-defense justifies only 3 percent of concealed-carry shootings. #corroborates (0.95) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1207