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...