[marktwain]

A pretty fair examination of concealed carry and its increasing popularity.

The telling quote in the article:

"I want to own a gun while I still can," he said. "I'm afraid I may lose my right."

[TexasRedeye]

He ... wants to be able to legally tuck the handgun away in a duffel bag...

Sheeeesh! That's do him a LOT of good! /s

[Fireone]

“I’m afraid I may lose my right.”

Fear not, it is a God given right, reinforced by the
Constitution.

[TXnMA]

BradyIdiot: "...we don't think it's a good idea for you to carry a gun around if someone has been threatening a spouse, for instance," Hamm said."

If anyone is stupid enough to threaten my spouse, they would be well advised to consider that she shot a very high score on the TXCHL qualification shoot.

And... that's after they get past me; I was two points under perfect..shooting a palm-sized AMT Backup....

As my old Pappy taught me,

"Son, no male is a real man if he lets anyone mess with his wife, his kids or his dog..."

I live by those words. Anyone who threatens my wife, kids or grandkids is asking for a heap o' trouble...

[AnAmericanMother]

Finefrock, who obtained his concealed carry permit earlier this year, also is planning to become a bail bondsman.

"There's a lot of cash involved, so you're kind of a target," he said.

This is an incredibly strong indicator that the social mores in the bad parts of town have broken down completely.

It used to be that, no matter HOW bad the neighborhood, 3 groups of people were sacrosanct and the boyz n da hood wouldn't touch them: the public health nurse, the penny-premium life insurance salesman, and the bail bondsman. Everybody needed them worse than they needed whatever valuables they might be carrying.

Now it's every man for himself.

[Pistolshot]

Doug and Cheryl Camden were raised around guns but agreed not to keep them in their house after they got married and began raising five children of their own.

And now their kids have been raised, for the most part, without the benefit of firearms education and responsibility.

[papertyger]

"It's hard to understand why reasonable people wouldn't support allowing police or judges to say we don't think it's a good idea for you to carry a gun around if someone has been threatening a spouse, for instance," Hamm said.

Translation:

Your life for a gentler society is a price we're willing to pay.

[CPOSharky]

...reasonable people wouldn't support allowing police or judges to say we don't think it's a good idea for you to carry a gun...

Yo, Peter, who are the judges or police to decide who is reasonable? Oh, that's right, it's all about feelings.

BTW, Virginia is an open carry state. No permits are required for purchase or possession.

[SauronOfMordor]

Virginia Supreme Court statistics show that nearly 44,000 people applied for permits in 2007, an increase of more than 60 percent over the previous year.

Since the permit is good for 5 years, I'm going to guess that total permits is probably in the neighborhood of 150K, out of a population of 7.5M makes around 2% of the population.

Only a relatively small percentage in any state goes for their CCW, but they are the ones that make the streets safer for the rest. A professional criminal has to do a LOT of crimes to keep him in money, so his probability of running into a CCW within a few months of operating is rather high

[Travis McGee]

The MSM is slowly catching up.

[P8riot]

"It's hard to understand why reasonable people wouldn't support allowing police or judges to say we don't think it's a good idea for you to carry a gun around if someone has been threatening a spouse, for instance," Hamm said.

It's not hard for me to imagine. I don't want some elitist judge telling me that my life isn't worth protecting. Hamm is an ass, a solid brass ass.