Originally Posted by blatantninja 
False causality. Most people that carry guns (not own, but actually carry) are doing so illegally and tend to come from lower income level areas that have more crime.
Saying that carrying a gun increases your likelihood of being shot is like saying that people who take cancer drugs are more likely to die of cancer than those that don't.
I can easily deduce by what you have said that you only read the title and not the article linked.