[OttawaFreeper]

I can’t believe this sort of debate still goes on. I can remember reading about how back in about 1987 or thereabouts when Florida became among the first states to issue concealed permits to law abiding citizens on an increased scale, one police chief said he would arm his officers with machine guns. Along with that, the friendly neighbourhood media warned about gun fights starting over fender benders and supermarket check out line incidents. Were there any incidents like this? No. After a while, some politicians and police chiefs even admitted publicly their fears of mayhem involving permit holders turned out to be completely unfounded.

[JimRed]

I can’t believe this sort of debate still goes on. I can remember reading about how back in about 1987 or thereabouts when Florida became among the first states to issue concealed permits to law abiding citizens on an increased scale, one police chief said he would arm his officers with machine guns. Along with that, the friendly neighbourhood media warned about gun fights starting over fender benders and supermarket check out line incidents. Were there any incidents like this? No. After a while, some politicians and police chiefs even admitted publicly their fears of mayhem involving permit holders turned out to be completely unfounded.

I also remember that the criminals were apparently frightened enough of armed fellow citizens that they took to going after tourists, identifying them by rental cars, which had particular license tags. I recall that the state changed the plates so you couldn't readily ID rental cars any more.