gsvol
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The facts are very clear.
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In the U.S., only Illinois, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C., don't allow any type of concealed carry.
One flawed argument against concealed carry laws is that while they allow citizens to carry weapons, they allow criminals to do so as well. This theory falls flat on its face for several reasons.
First of all, an extensive background check is required to get a concealed carry permit. Secondly, criminals who intend to break the law with a firearm aren't going to bother with a permit. Law-abiding citizens are the ones who legally acquire a concealed carry permit.
A study by criminologists Gary Kleck and Marc Gertz estimated that firearms are used for self-defense 2.5 million times every year.
In the 1980s, the U.S. Justice Department funded a study by the Social and Demographic Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts. In this study, 1,874 convicted felons from 10 states were interviewed.
According to the study, 34 percent of the criminal respondents said they had been scared off, shot at, wounded or captured by an armed citizen, and 40 percent said they had been deterred from committing a particular crime because they believed the potential victim was armed.
Concealed carry laws shouldn't face any danger of repeal. Washington, D.C., famous for its stringent gun laws and lack of a concealed carry law, serves as a perfect case. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Investigation, D.C. had the highest murder rate and violent crime in the country from 2006 to 2007, far exceeding any other area. It still has one of the highest crime rates in the nation, despite infringing on its citizens' gun rights.
Oddly enough, Vermont, which lies in the same region, is a complete opposite. It has the most liberal concealed carry policy in the country (along with Alaska), and one of the lowest violent crime and murder rates.
In 1982, a federal court of appeals ruled in Bowers v. DeVito that, "There is no constitutional right to be protected by the state against being murdered by criminals or madmen."
If citizens don't have the right to be protected, they at least deserve the right to protect themselves.
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When only the police have guns, that is a police state!!
Since Obama opposes a citizens 'right to carry', what if Barry asks his Security Service protection detail to leave their guns at home and instead issue them slingshots????
excerpts;
In the U.S., only Illinois, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C., don't allow any type of concealed carry.
One flawed argument against concealed carry laws is that while they allow citizens to carry weapons, they allow criminals to do so as well. This theory falls flat on its face for several reasons.
First of all, an extensive background check is required to get a concealed carry permit. Secondly, criminals who intend to break the law with a firearm aren't going to bother with a permit. Law-abiding citizens are the ones who legally acquire a concealed carry permit.
A study by criminologists Gary Kleck and Marc Gertz estimated that firearms are used for self-defense 2.5 million times every year.
In the 1980s, the U.S. Justice Department funded a study by the Social and Demographic Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts. In this study, 1,874 convicted felons from 10 states were interviewed.
According to the study, 34 percent of the criminal respondents said they had been scared off, shot at, wounded or captured by an armed citizen, and 40 percent said they had been deterred from committing a particular crime because they believed the potential victim was armed.
Concealed carry laws shouldn't face any danger of repeal. Washington, D.C., famous for its stringent gun laws and lack of a concealed carry law, serves as a perfect case. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Investigation, D.C. had the highest murder rate and violent crime in the country from 2006 to 2007, far exceeding any other area. It still has one of the highest crime rates in the nation, despite infringing on its citizens' gun rights.
Oddly enough, Vermont, which lies in the same region, is a complete opposite. It has the most liberal concealed carry policy in the country (along with Alaska), and one of the lowest violent crime and murder rates.
In 1982, a federal court of appeals ruled in Bowers v. DeVito that, "There is no constitutional right to be protected by the state against being murdered by criminals or madmen."
If citizens don't have the right to be protected, they at least deserve the right to protect themselves.
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When only the police have guns, that is a police state!!
Since Obama opposes a citizens 'right to carry', what if Barry asks his Security Service protection detail to leave their guns at home and instead issue them slingshots????
