Do you think concealed carry laws are a good thing?

Question

Eight more innocent Americans have been sacrificed on the altar of political correctness at Omaha's Westroads Mall this week. The real outrage of this crime is that it happened in a "gun free zone" where law-abiding private citizens are disarmed by mall rules and state statute. In the wake of this horrible crime, gun control extremists are already demanding more useless gun control legislation. A prohibition on firearms at Westroads Mall did not stop Robert Hawkins, but it did give him a risk-free environment in which to unleash his rampage. The common link between virtually every mass shooting in recent history in this country is that they all happened in so-called "gun-free zones" such as shopping malls and college campuses. What happened at the Westroads Mall can happen anywhere that political hysteria results in victim disarmament. Blaming firearms for this crime is like blaming cars for drunk driving. The argument doesn't wash. Published reports all suggest that Hawkins was troubled and had emotional problems, and he reportedly had a felony drug conviction on his record which prohibited him from owning firearms. This proves that restrictive gun laws do not prevent determined perpetrators from getting their hands on guns, but they do prevent law-abiding citizens from having the tools to defend themselves. Remember that a similar shooting at Salt Lake City's Trolley Square earlier this year was interrupted by an armed, off-duty police officer from another city. In essence, that man was an armed private citizen. In Tacoma, Washington two years ago, an armed citizen confronted a gunman at the Tacoma Mall and although he was seriously wounded, his intervention brought the shooting to a halt. Gun owners, the gun industry, nor our constitutionally-protected individual right to keep and bear arms are at fault for the Westroads outrage and the gun control lobby knows it. Restrictive laws that disarm honest citizens and provide risk-free environments for criminals and lunatics are at fault, and so are the people responsible for passing such laws and enforcing such prohibitions.

Answer 1

HELL YES. Every state that has conceal carry laws,violent crime has gone down. Every time a state or city passes strict gun control laws,violent crime rates rises. Washington DC has some of the strictest gun laws in our great country and is called the murder capital for good reason.Criminals are not totally stupid........they will pray on a un-armed society.

Answer 2

Like in most issues, this one is another of those double edged swords. I helped Jesse Ventura become the Governor of Minnesota. He was essentially responsible for the current conceal/carry law. The sword, from the point of view of the public venue, where the law might be tested, requires businesses to post large placards that reads, the blah, blah, blah company bans guns on these premises. The "good guys", won't bring guns and the bad guys don't give a fiddlers **** about your sign. The sign in my restaurant reiterated the great old May West quote,"Is that a pistol in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?" From the gun toters point of view, there are many people running around carrying weapons legally, including cops, who should never get anywhere near weapons of any kind. This is truly a gray area in our social fabric. Maybe we should just make bullets available only to those who arrive at the gun shop with a note from Charleton Heston.

Answer 3

Like most laws restricting or permitting something based on specific criteria, it all depends on the circumstances.

If you are a woman that has been stalked, harassed and abused where the abuser has stated he is going to kill her in addition to the high statistics of men that murder in these circumstances then yes. In a case such as this, I would find it acceptable for this person to carry a concealed weapons for protection.

Answer 4

I agree that the politicians and worry-mongering mendacious media have became them into aims. For a very modest quantity of money nonetheless, better then 1/2 the colleges contained in the united stateswould be made secure. oftentimes with merely basic change of what already exists. even if the political/media purpose is to gut the structure and make the people defenseless. All that desires doing is solid fences with sallyports for get accurate of entry to and go out, and great emergency gates remotely managed with maunal override in case means is out for inner emergencies including hearth. maximum cutting-edge faculties already have a fence which may be upgraded. Anti-firearms law surpassed by technique of idiots in an emotional stampede led to by technique of the media will artwork about besides as anti-drug regulations do.

Answer 5

Good thing that mall was a gun free zone.

I feel everyone should be able to carry if they want to.

Answer 6

There are certain areas of our country where it is necessary to protect yourselves . These laws do not do anything except make it harder for law abiding citizens to protect themselves from lawless activity.

Answer 7

yes ....yes .......yes .maybe a gun owner will save my life one day ,from a hallucinating idiot, not licensed to carry a gun, how want to kill some innocent peoples