Posted on 08/23/2007 9:14:29 PM PDT by george76
The hard truth of the matter is that parks, like almost every other public venue nowadays, have become more dangerous.
As far as I know, law-abiding citizens, such as myself, who carry concealed weapons are the last group of people that government should be concerned about.
To legally qualify to carry a concealed weapon, one must first be a law-abiding citizen without a criminal felony record .
The authorities should be more concerned about the predators — both two- and four-legged who have attacked and killed innocent people in parks.
Law-abiding citizens who choose to protect themselves and their families from bodily harm with a concealed weapon while enjoying the amenities of our parks should be allowed to do so without fear of any kind of legal or civil sanction being brought against them for exercising a constitutionally guaranteed civil right.
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Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars.
Not to mention that armed citizens foil 3x more criminals than LEOs.
Remember, when seconds count the police are minutes away.
Or as another member here said, "I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy".
One of them showed up at Monday’s City council meeting and said he was carrying a handgun.
“When seconds count, the cops are only minutes away,” David Klingenberg, 36, told the meeting. “I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy.”Gun Thing Forum
Brilliant. BTTT.
Brilliant
My mother and my sisters are all anti-gun, anti-war, anti-Bush, bleeding-heart liberals. I tell them all: “I carry so you don’t have to.”
Priceless!
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