TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Guns and virtue: the virtue ethical case against gun carrying
JO  - Public affairs quarterly
A1  - Trivigno, Franco V.
SP  - 289
EP  - 310
VL  - 27
IS  - 4
N2  - In this paper, I propose to concede, for the sake of argument, that the pro-gun side is right, that is, if more people carried concealed guns for self-defense, they would themselves be safer and there would be less violent crime overall. If one accepts this, then one would seem to have a compelling reason to carry a gun and societies would seem to have a compelling reason to encourae citizens to carry guns through, at minimum, less restrictive gun laws. Granting this for the sake of argument, the question this paper addresses is this: are there any contervailing moral reasons that could be weighed against increased personal safety and the diminished likelihood of crime?<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0887-0373
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -