Liberalizing gun ownership has been researched to death and everybody just ignores the research as convenient for their personal opinion. The stats repeatedly say the same several things:
* crimes in general go down as more people carry firearms legally, but by far less than most firearm advocates claim.
* though, the most dramatic of that decrease is related to violent crime as some arguments might claim.
* when firearms become more lawfully common police are slightly more likely to be victims of violent crime.
* the numbers related to crime change as a result of change to gun laws tend to be tiny even for high population density large cities indicating many arguments on the subject are exaggerated to fit a narrative.
* crimes in general go down as more people carry firearms legally, but by far less than most firearm advocates claim.
* though, the most dramatic of that decrease is related to violent crime as some arguments might claim.
* when firearms become more lawfully common police are slightly more likely to be victims of violent crime.
* the numbers related to crime change as a result of change to gun laws tend to be tiny even for high population density large cities indicating many arguments on the subject are exaggerated to fit a narrative.