No. It's that criminals think twice about robbing or raping someone if they know they are armed.

>No. It's that criminals think twice about robbing or raping someone if they know they are armed.

Then wouldn't a more appropriate aphorism be "An armed society is a safe society"?

The Swiss then do not count as an example, what with them not actually being armed in any sort of public-ish space.

You only get robbed in public?

Mostly

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/c...

30% was at home, which is over 100k.

Which is kind of surprising considering that possibility of home owner having a gun is mentioned as strong deterrent for criminals.