i say yes
2007-03-04 04:02:09 · 13 answers · asked by broncosrock05 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
it is our right to bear arms. when the law was up for vote in TX, the only people that voted against it were the criminals that realized that the general puplic could now be possibly armed. There is an extensive background check and there is a training course that you have to pay to go to and pass. right now in AZ you can carry as long as it is not concealed, and you can also obtain a concealed license. People need to understand that the crimals do not want me or you to be able to carry.......it scares them. no more easy victims.
2007-03-04 04:25:17 · answer #1 · answered by Tim 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hello Broncosrock....I guess you live in California? I thought you could get a concealed weapons permit even there but I guess not. Many other states allow people to carry concealed with a permit after training and a background check. I sure see nothing wrong with that. I had a permit for several years but let it lapse because carrying was a hassle in the suburbs where I live and was really unncessary and the potential liability for shooting someone was enormous. Have a nice day.....
2007-03-05 01:35:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
we are already allowed Concealed weapons, when you are 21 you can go to the local sheriff and file out an application, take a test, get fingerprinted and get a permit if you don't have any felonies on your record. Be warned though that in some states that means the Police officer if pulled over will come with his gun out, and he will ask to see your gun, which you don't have to show it, since you have a permit you don't even have to announce that you have one, but I usually do.
2007-03-04 04:48:48 · answer #3 · answered by Hawaiisweetie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People who are against this are usually misinformed. Our founders stated in the Federalist Papers that the worst scenario would be for a robber to know for a fact that the person approaching on a lonely road could not possibly be armed.
Let me site an example of this. Years ago there was a small statured mild man named Bernard Getts. When a band of roving muggers tried to rob him on a subway train he pulled out an unlicensed pistol and shot three of them and walked away
At the time, muggings on the subway in New York were out of control. However, for the several days after the event when no one knew the identify of the subway "vigilante" as he was called, crime of any sort on the entire New York subway stopped completely. After he stepped forward and turned himself in , the muggings resumed. Why was that? Because potential muggers were for the first time afraid of the passengers. Any one of them might have been able to fight back.
Just as an aside, the term vigilante is misused in these type of instances. A vigilante is a person who goes out after a crime has been committed and catches a perceived perpetrator and then acts as judge, jury and executioner. In this case, he was just defending himself.
2007-03-04 04:22:17 · answer #4 · answered by Jacob W 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes we should. After background checks and training. I would be for it. Anyone that thinks there's too many guns out there is right , but their in the hands of the wrong people. Lets get some into the hands of the right folks. Gangs, terrorist and crooks don't care about gun laws. We are going to need more responsible people out there in time to come with guns. Police cant be everywhere all the time.
2007-03-04 04:18:43 · answer #5 · answered by us citizen 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that you should have to apply, a background check to be run AGAIN (once when you buy the gun and another when you apply to carry concealed) and you should have to take a firearms training course and carry THAT card with you when you carry the weapon (like a license). There should be a system of checks and balances to allow decent human beings to protect themselves out in public. The police are so over-burdened we cannot rely on them to save us anymore. I'm also in favor of public CCTV
2007-03-04 04:12:15 · answer #6 · answered by Lesleann 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
some people say with a background check---I ask why ?? whats the difference --there are more illegal guns being carried then legal--and that's including law enforcement people--you can get a gun very easy in black market and carry it around --chances of getting caught are very slim--therefore let it be like the old west--everyone had one and if someone goes to rob you you can at least defend yourself==
2007-03-04 06:52:26 · answer #7 · answered by willtdn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I say yes. Concealed weapons are allowed if you pass a course of instruction and a background check. I see nothing wrong with it.
Left wing Liberals don't want anyone to be able to do anything.
Left wing Liberals suck.
2007-03-04 04:15:29 · answer #8 · answered by guns76209 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Don't you think you have enough problems with guns now?and you want to ALLOW concealed weapons,you must be sick. I'm glad I live in a counrry where we don't even think like you.
2007-03-04 04:13:28 · answer #9 · answered by solara 437 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes. If the weapon is concealed, it is not harming anyone.
2007-03-04 05:46:25 · answer #10 · answered by xXonceagaincrushedXx 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋