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Or, put another way, that the opponents of carry are still here suggests that they are unlikely to go away. And, that being so, those of us who are thrilled with the progress we have made ought to redouble our efforts in the public square. As the Pew Research Center has reported, only 12 percent of Americans know that the rate of “gun crime is markedly lower than it was two decades ago”; while a majority believes it is higher. It does not take a genius to see how that might matter. In truth, the spread of concealed carry has coincided with a massive drop in crime. In the mind of the public, however ...