[newgeezer]

A carry permit is not as difficult to obtain as a lot of people would have you believe. You have to give a good reason for wanting the permit. You have to not be a felon and not have, for example, eleven hundred outstanding parking tickets.

Here in Iowa -- a "may issue" state -- you are at the mercy of your county sheriff. For all I know, he consults a roulette wheel, ouija board and/or Magic 8-Ball.

Great article. Thanks.

[.38sw]

Same here, newgeezer. California is a "may issue" state, and we are at the mercy of the county sheriff. In my county, you just might get a permit if you are a buddy of his, and contribute to his re-election campaign. There are somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 CCW permits in this county, a county with a population of over 2 million. But other than that, it was quite a letter. I believe my life is worth defending. I don't understand people who don't believe their own lives and the lives of their family members are worth defending. I just don't get it.

[banjo joe]

Alabama. Shall Issue. Thank God.

[Drammach]

Here in Missouri, You Still Can't Get a concealed carry permit...
Unless You're a Judge, Lawyer, Politician, or some other Member Of The Elite.

[Boonie Rat]

You have to give a good reason for wanting the permit.

So long as Americans can be convinced that they need to apply for a privilege to exercise a right they can expect to be denied their rights.

Boonie Rat

MACV SOCOM, PhuBai/Hue '65-'66