More Guns in Michigan Doesn't Mean More Crime

John Lott's research in a book called "More Guns, Less Crime" seems to be proven true in Michigan:

Six years after new rules made it much easier to get a license to carry concealed weapons, the number of Michiganders legally packing heat has increased more than six-fold.

But dire predictions about increased violence and bloodshed have largely gone unfulfilled, according to law enforcement officials and, to the extent they can be measured, crime statistics. The incidence of violent crime in Michigan in the six years since the law went into effect has been, on average, below the rate of the previous six years. The overall incidence of death from firearms, including suicide and accidents, also has declined.

More than 155,000 Michiganders -- about one in every 65 -- are now authorized to carry loaded guns as they go about their everyday affairs, according to Michigan State Police records.

I've said many times that there's no increased danger to the public by allowing good citizens who have proven their ability and good citizenship to carry concealed weapons. Increased numbers of people carrying also give the bad guys something to think about before they pull out a weapon in a public place to commit a crime.