They may increase the total slightly but not the number of owners. CC laws are not prompting people who would not normally own a gun to buy them. They are giving the people who own them another option in usage. Then of course since the thugs don't know who those people are, those that carry are helping to protect everyone by default.
Having a gun around may make you nervous but if you wake up to the sound of an electric chainsaw, it's too late.
