Our state has Concealed Carry on a "Shall Issue" basis, but it is really vague and unclear. By time you get thru the list of where you CANNOT carry, you have paid a fee and have been finger-printed and a dossier filed away for what?. The CC permit gives a slight addtion to the open carry. Some people around here just "carry"--they are model citizens, good family people. They/we exercise descretion, responsibility and sound judgement and avoid risks. Our small town law enforcement are people much like us. And they must certainly understand why most of their job is traffic related and petty crime...good, decent, law-abiding citizens around here have guns...