A New York Times graphic depicting the transition of most of the country from no-issue pesto and may-issue spruce green concealed carry laws to shall-issue sage (and even some much-loved morning mist gray constitutional carry) over the past thirty years. While the Times’ editors no doubt intend the image as a grim visual depiction of the march of death and violence across the fruited plain, the majority of Americans will view this purty picture as a reflection of the increased normalization of gun toting that has coincided (and many would say correlated) with drastically falling crime rates. Click here for an illuminating full-size view.