Vermont has fairly permissive guns laws, no permit necessary to buy and carry an assault weapon. murder rate is 1.8, vs 3.0 in Europe.
What is it about Vermont, where you can walk around with concealed assault weapons, that makes it safer than "Europe"?
Czech Republic is an exception, it's a shall issue European country. The majority of gun owners also have concealed carry permits. Homicide rate is very low, only 0.9.
"Vermont Business Magazine Vermont reported the 3rd lowest murder rate (1.8) compared to other states. This was 3.1 points below the national average of 4.9 homicides per 100,000 individuals, according to a new report from safewise.com(link is external). In fact, the three states from Northern New England had the lowest murder rates."
What is it about Vermont, where you can walk around with concealed assault weapons, that makes it safer than "Europe"?
Czech Republic is an exception, it's a shall issue European country. The majority of gun owners also have concealed carry permits. Homicide rate is very low, only 0.9.
Why?
"the homicide rate in Europe was 3.0 per 100,000 population." - https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/gsh/Bookle...
https://vermontbiz.com/news/2019/october/23/vermont-has-3rd-...
"Vermont Business Magazine Vermont reported the 3rd lowest murder rate (1.8) compared to other states. This was 3.1 points below the national average of 4.9 homicides per 100,000 individuals, according to a new report from safewise.com(link is external). In fact, the three states from Northern New England had the lowest murder rates."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Vermont#Summary_ta...