but the concealed permit allows a lot of unbalanced people to act in ways that they would not if they didn't have the gun in their hand...
people used to fight fist fights or turn the hose on someone or just lock the door and call the police...
now, we have people, first thing they do is shoot.....
we had the very same type of thing here...a bunch of rough acting threatening teenagers engaged in hostilities going down a very busy street....the guy with the permit was being hassled and he hasseled back, except he also turned into a empty parking lot ( this was in the middle of the day with hundreds of cars going by) and got out of his car and naturally, the young punks stopped also....the young punk got out of his car and was shot dead nearly immediately by the older gun carrying guy...no charges of course because it was in "self defense".
he could have stopped and went into a shop...or a gas station or a fire station .....he didn't have to confront the punk but he did...because he knew he could shot him then and there...
if he didn't have his gun on him, he would have done the sane and reasonable thing that most of us would do.... maybe call the cops from a car phone, or stop and go into a busy store and call for help...
when you have unstable people that are so intimidated by life that they reach for their gun first off, then we will see lots of unnecessary killings....
Please read your husband's magazines, if you do not already. This is the picture the press is trying to paint all CCW permit holders with, that of unbalanced gunslinger wannabes spoiling for the chance to shoot someone.
Sadly, of millions, there will be a few irresponsible folks who get permits.
This guy didn't need a permit to have a pistol in his home. So the message becomes two-pronged. Evil pistol, Evil Permit.
How many people seek law enforcement jobs to grow a couple of inches strapping on a Sam Browne and a Badge? Such a profession would attract the power-hungry 'I wanna bash heads crowd'. Yet most police officers are not this way and do not want this type in the ranks.
Most concealed weapon permit holders are not unbalanced Wyatt Earp wannabes either.