Discreet Weapon Carrying (DWP) reduces crime At the national level: 1.5 million uses in self-defense. Every year, no less than 1.5 million citizens defend themselves with a firearm outside their homes. Discreet weapons laws are driving crime rates down across the country. A national study in 1996 determined that violent crime collapsed after states allowed the legal carrying of firearms. The results of the study showed: Does the carrying of weapons lead to chaos? No. Consider the case of Florida...

Since 2008 the growing attention to the Arctic has always been accompanied by discussions about the security agenda. Some Russian and foreign experts reasonably argued that the Arctic would remain a «zone of peace and cooperation» due to objective conditions that promote international cooperation. They include inability for any state to develop the Arctic relying only on its own resources; aggravating global problems, such as climate change and environment protection; preserving conditions for indigenous...