Experience Shows Concealed Carry Can Help (WI Letter to Editor)

Madison.com ^ | January 4, 2006 | Forrester Barry

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Works for me. :)

[FormerLib]

Maryland technically has concealed carry but it's a far, far cry from the more modern "shall issue" statutes.

[SittinYonder]

trigger-happy lunch break vigilantes

From now on, I'm a trigger-happy lunch break vigilante. I'll be hanging out at the local McDonalds if anybody needs me.

[ncountylee]

Facts are to a liberal what salt is to a garden snail - death.

[rellimpank]

---what's the schedule on the final passage, veto and override vote, please---?

[darbymcgill]

I'll be hanging out at the local McDonalds if anybody needs me.

Be careful not to say "gut bomb", one of your fellow diners might start blasting...... ;)

[Dead Corpse]

I'll be across the street in the Burger King. Better fries IMO.

Don't start nuthin'... ;-)

[DJ Taylor]

It would be interesting to pursue these statistics: In states where concealed carry is permitted are criminals not only fearful of the possibility of their victims being armed, but do criminals then migrate to states where citizens are not permitted to arm themselves?

If crime statistics in Washington DC, Boston, and NYC are any indication, then it is proof positive that an unarmed populace attracts criminals. Now, since their ban on hand guns, watch the criminals flock to San Francisco.

[mcshot]

Oh Dear, The gunfight at burger coral or at least that's what our Gov thought too before she was proven wrong.
Good Luck neighbors,

mc

[FYREDEUS]

Liberals *in Jack Nicholson voice* "can't handle the Truth!" about guns, gun owners, gun ownership, and the right to keep and bear arms. You see, the independence of mind and spirit that taking personal responsibility for the protection of oneself and ones loved ones brings to the armed human individual is fundamentally incompatible with the entitlement/dependency/control mechanisms necessary to make their socialist utopias 'function'. Thats why liberals depend on the 'friendly' MSM to not only conceal the real facts about armed citizenry but to INVENT 'big lies' like "saturday night specials", "cop-killer bullets" and "assault weapons" from whole cloth.

[spintreebob]

Maryland technically has concealed carry but it's a far, far cry from the more modern "shall issue" statutes.

The USA technically has concealed carry in its 2d Amendment. But . . . . .

[Blood of Tyrants]

Facts and reason are worthless with arguing with a liberal.

[stevie_d_64]

Bingo Ping!

[GovernmentShrinker]

Inexperienced gun owners tend to be very hesitant to use, or even carry, their guns, so I seriously doubt they contribute significantly to unwarranted gun injuries and deaths. When I'm working on talking sense into a non-gun owner or an owner who doesn't carry due to feeling they don't have enough skill to handle a gun safely in a tense situation, I always point out that they can benefit tremendously just by carrying an unloaded gun, since at least 2/3rds of successful defensive uses of a gun don't involve firing. Then try to find more time and opportunity to practice, and start carrying loaded when after they've built up their skill and confidence level.

[Simo Hayha]

I highly recommend John Lott's More Guns Less Crime. Dr. Lott's work has some of the answers to your questions.

[cyclotic]

Last week, I had a minor customer service problem at my local Home Depot. (an interdepartmental turf battle that I got in the middle of) It resulted in some terse conversation on both their part and mine although it ended with a smile from both of us.
Amazingly, even though I had the means, I never once considered reaching behind my back.

Hmmmmm, could it be that like virtually every CCW holder, I am a responsible gun owner?

[joesnuffy]

I dont do lunch at McDonalds...Culvers maybe...
I prefer doing breakfast at C's in Middleton...

I'll be packin' an English muffin with Xtra Hollandaise sauce.

[OldPossum]

Many moons ago, I happened to be in a Maryland gun store, and being naive then about the situation, I inquired as to whether Maryland issued CCP's. I can still remember the answer from the gun store clerk, "Yeah, Maryland has a concealed carry permit law, but just try to get one."

[Diana in Wisconsin]

They'll vote on it soon when our state government gets back to business. Doyle will more than likely veto it. People are doing the behind the scenes legwork now to shore up votes to over-ride the veto.

If we don't get CC, it's going to be close, and we'll be closer than ever before.

[rellimpank]

--good luck--hope they include reciprocity---