Baloney. We're well aware crime has decreased, and we attribute it to the wave of self defense laws that swept the country.The increased focus by gun owners on self-defense while the threat of crime decreases reflects a long-standing disconnect in public perceptions of violent crime, said Mark Warr, a University of Texas criminologist.
We're also not stupid enough to think that since crime has decreased we should disarm. This is the same stupid mistake the "experts" made after WWI, after WWII and after Vietnam. They call it the peace dividend. Now that things have calmed down we don't need the same military capabilities we had during wartime. It's idiotic, but the "brainiacs" fall for it every time. They're lucky they live in a civilized nation where they're protected. They wouldn't survive one day in the wilderness.
Statistics are statistics, but they are completely irrelevant when you are confronted by a criminal. We don't stand outside during thunderstorms because there is a remote chance we could be struck by lightening. And we don't go outside without our weapons because there is a remote chance we could be confronted by a criminal intent on hurting or killing us.