Did you know we had a study done by the carpet industry that showed 100% of the people that died on weekends don't show up for work on Monday the conclusion is that death is bad for carpet production.
Anyway this might have been over looked in the process but I would almost bet that a lot of criminals don't bother getting CCW's, the problem is not with law abiding citizens it is with those who choose not to follow the law.
If you think that arming the population is going to somehow scare off criminals you are wrong unless of course you think that the local gun totting thug is going to come up to you and introduce himself as an armed offender before pulling his gun, he will always have the advantage as he gets to choose the time and the place.
If you think that criminals are cowards and that an armed society is a polite one as 5.56 does I would suggest that you read his posts about the number of police officers shot in Florida in the line of duty, I seriously doubt that a person who can shoot someone they know to be armed and trained to use those arms, who will be backed by an entire department of armed police within minutes can be called a coward, stupid,mental or evil certainly but not a coward.