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Date published: 6/10/2008
Concealed carry could save your life
Every time I read about a school massacre or other shooting by criminals or crazies, when someone mentions giving the right to carry a concealed weapon on or off campus, I wonder why so many oppose this solution. Why are they so afraid of the obvious? People who have a concealed-carry permit may well be your best friend when a lawbreaking criminal confronts you or your loved ones. Concealed-carry permit holders are among the most law-abiding citizens in our society. They realize that any abuse of the permit will result in their losing the privilege to carry a weapon. That's a right they do not want taken away. Concealed-carry permit holders rarely commit crimes, much less a crime using a weapon. They have been through a background check, taken the required training, and follow the permit-renewal process every five years. Many have served in the military, with the requisite weapons training. They are not a danger to society in any way. In fact, guns are used more than 2.5 million times a year to stop a crime or save a life. States with the right to carry have a lower crime rate than those that have the strictest gun control laws. Permit holders are your friends, teachers, church members, neighbors, wives, daughters, pastors, soccer moms, and others. They're everywhere, yet you don't see them showing their weapons. You don't see the gunfights the anti-gunners always predict to instill fear. They are the people you want to be with, especially if a criminal threatens you or you loved ones. It's a shame the anti-gunners have put out so much misinformation and fear. The sad thing is that so many people believe it. Unjustified fear keeps us from implementing the one solution that works. Michael Crum Spotsylvania
http://www.commonfolkusingcommonsense.com/2008/06/19/brady-center-tells-us-gun-control-is-dangerous/
how can this be?
For the anti-self-defense crowd: 1) Why do you advocate disarming a 100 lb woman protecting herself from a 200 lb attacker intending rape or worse. 2) Why do you advocate not letting adult college students protect their own lives? 3) Why are you willing to trust your life (and ours) to the altruism of criminals, but not law-abiding armed citizens to act responsibly? All: I challenge you to discuss these questions without rancor, without hyperbole, without exaggeration, and list your reputable sources.
Grabbing a guy by the nads. His answer to self defense, and to a romantic evening all rolled into one as it were.
"Duh, so called law abiding citizens are the trouble. Anyone can have a breakdown or make a mistake and kill or injure someone with a gun." So, are you for disarming the police? If people are law abiding, then how are they "the trouble". I thought criminals were. How will you disarm them? grab them by the nethers? What is your grand solution to armed criminals?
http://blog.mlive.com/annarbornews/2008/06/customer_foils_bank_robbery_at.html
But wait, didn't you claim that that doesn't really happen. I guess you must have been mistaken.
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