Posted on 12/23/2012 1:52:50 PM PST by GreaterSwiss
Nowadays, however, there are four states that require no permit at all to carry a gun, and 35 states have permissive shall issue or right-to-carry laws that effectively take the decision of who should carry a weapon out of law enforcements hands. These laws say that if an applicant meets minimal criteria one is not having been convicted of a felony, and another is not having a severe mental illness officials have no choice about whether to issue a permit.
Some states go even further by expressly allowing guns where they should not be. Nine states now have carry laws that permit guns on campuses; eight permit them in bars; five permit them in places of worship. In Utah, holders of permits can now carry concealed guns in elementary schools.
Among the arguments advanced for these irresponsible statutes is the claim that shall issue laws have played a major role in reducing violent crime. But the National Research Council has thoroughly discredited this argument for analytical errors. In fact, the legal scholar John Donohue III and others have found that from 1977 to 2006, shall issue laws increased aggravated assaults by roughly 3 to 5 percent each year.
The federal government could help protect the public from lax state gun laws. For starters, the Fix Gun Checks Act, proposed last year in Congress, would close gaping loopholes in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and make a huge difference in identifying many people who should be denied permits under shall issue laws yet slip through the state systems.
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I think we need to implement DADT. Don’t ask the teachers or admins if they have a gun and they will not tell you.
Do you feel lucky punk?
I’m guessing they do but will never admit it.
Surprisingly, there are actually decent number of comment on the NYSlimes site. A good number of delusional libscum comments, but an equal number of rational pro-CCW comments. Color me shocked.
Surprisingly, there are actually decent number of comment on the NYSlimes site. A good number of delusional libscum comments, but an equal number of rational pro-CCW comments. Color me shocked.
Surprisingly, there are actually decent number of comment on the NYSlimes site. A good number of delusional libscum comments, but an equal number of rational pro-CCW comments. Color me shocked.
This is their replacement for 'fast and furious' which failed miserably.
More bloviating by the homosexuals at the NYTimes. I think we should curtail the 1st Amendment. Things have gotten too dangerous in this country.
I call upon Gov. Cuomo to pass a law allowing the government of New York to issue special permits to those who will be allowed to speak freely. All others without such permit will be subject to government demonization and jail.
I’m afraid to go read the comments. I’m sure I’ll either puke or get really, really pissed off.
Sorry all for the triple post. Sigh.
Liberals have a primal fear of EVERYTHING.
If someone is coming to take your guns, you'd best realize that it's time to use them for the purpose intended.
The cowardly NYT shut down comments because they were getting too many they didn’t like.
Like for example...Obama is actually a legitimate president.
Yeah. That’s what they did at Concord, isn’t it?
I am not advocating violence. I am saying if they do
what they are aiming for, they are going to start a war.
You can tell by their rhetoric they are going for wholesale
confiscation.
How'd that work out for all those passive children at Sandy Hook Elementary?
There's more than one way of looking at this situation.
“Does the NYTimes building have armed guards?”
What does logic have to do with this argument?
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