You're going to be hard pressed to get a real citation for the safety thing. The issue is just so complex you can't have a 1 to 1 relationship between concealed carry and crime rates. Some states release CCP numbers though and they're plenty of people doing it.

Any documented instance of concealed carry preventing a crime? Strictly using my imagination, I see far more opportunity for escalation of and accidental violence than for prevention.

Going all the way back to yesterday....

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/harrisburg_politics/Two-l...

> Confronted by a gunman just blocks from the state Capitol on Tuesday night, a Democratic legislator from Northeastern Pennsylvania pulled his own weapon and traded fire with a would-be robber.

Remaining question is to look up the legislator own voting record on the issue of gun control.

What would anecdotal examples reveal? Seems more likely to confuse the question.

There are plenty. People aren't evil by default. Give them more credit.

http://www.ijreview.com/2014/03/125342-armed-man-gathers-peo...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqkqzsIjujI

http://bearingarms.com/concealed-carry-permit-holder-stops-s...

@ the last link:

I don't think that would fit into the case of "preventing a crime", the guy shot 3 people then started leaving, before he got shot

That makes the proposition largely unfalsifiable. That is---and this is a very minimal report---we can't know if someone who momentarily stopped shooting would continue.

However, continuing to extrapolate from this report, neither police (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_v._Garner) nor civilians are allowed to use lethal force on someone who's ceased threatening and is simply fleeing. If a case cannot be made that the threat was still there, guy who shot him should have been charged.