“An armed society is a polite society.” Because people have to be stupid, crazy, or on drugs to start shit when everyone might be packing heat.
Thank god no one in this country is stupid, crazy, or on drugs.
Or you could just be polite. Canadians are not armed. We have plenty of stupid, crazy, and people on drugs. It’s not the guns that make you polite.
Also Gun Industry: “We like fear! More people buy guns!”
Right? Like, this is market research. “If we encourage concealed carry laws in more states, we will foster a wider atmosphere of fear, and we will sell more guns to more people, perpetuating the cycle. Win-win!”
In my state it’s illegal to have a concealed pistol without a CPL yet I can guarantee you nearly every week we get another shooting near nightclubs from someone unlicensed and nearly every other day another murder in our highest poverty stricken areas by someone who has obtained a firearm illegally.
The laws are not working if no one is enforcing them and our courts just spit the criminals back out into the streets.
In my county, it’s illegal to carry a loaded firearm, concealed or not, without a permit.
Yeah, nobody checks.
Yeah, I don’t need to walk around packing. People doing that will just lead to unnecessary conflict. I just need one at home for when we decide it’s time to deal with the fascists.
Stat is old, from 2018. Pre-pandemic. Pre-George Floyd.
"“In the 2018 multigenerational study, respondents were asked to finish this open-ended statement: “People legally carrying concealed guns makes me feel …” Overall, 57 percent of non-gun owners said “less safe,” while another 27 percent said “no impact.” Meanwhile, 28 percent of gun owners specifically said they felt “less safe,” on top another 27 percent who said they felt “no impact.” That meant, the researchers noted, that despite the prominence of concealed carry, a majority of gun owners “still don’t feel safer.””
I can say, as a concealed carry permit holder, yeah, I feel safer. But then, my city has been under seige and the cops not only do nothing, they actively work with the people beseiging the city:
https://theintercept.com/2021/08/23/portland-police-proud-boys-protest/
As for the new legislation being discussed, the “forced reciprocity”, not necessarily an awful idea.
For example:
Oregon and Washington share a border, but a concealed carry permit in one is not valid in the other. There is no reciprocity between Oregon and Washington.
So it’s on me, as a responsible gun owner, to plan ahead. “Am I going to Vancouver, WA today?” If I happen to be carrying, I need to be mindful that I do not cross the river into Vancouver.
I COULD contact the Clark County sheriff and get a WA permit, but to be honest, I don’t go to Vancouver often enough to merit that.
Where it gets squishy is states like Idaho which have no restrictions. “Are you 18? Can you legally own a gun?” that’s pretty much it for concealed carry.
So under the new federal legislation, if it’s legal for you in your home state, it’s legal for you in ALL states. But home states that don’t require registration are going to cause problems in states that do.
And you think people do feel safer now? That pea shooter in your belt gonna save you against fully armed and armored police and/or national guard who are being ordered to abuse citizens?
The illusion of safety can be pleasant, but dangerous.
Not worried about the cops or national guard or even ICE.
Worried about the Gravy Seals who would shit themselves if they faced armed opposition.
Gravy Seals
I have no idea how prevalent or dangerous these people are and think they are not the biggest threat - why are you afraid of people who shit themselves?
In Portland they were a HUGE problem, repeatedly, mostly because a) the cops were doing nothing about them and b) the cops were actively working with them.
This year has been remarkably calm for some reason.
Well, we can use any good news we get, right? Good luck out there.
In South Africa, it is illegal to open carry, unless you are a police officer or security guard. So citizens are required to conceal carry. Yet in the rural areas where I am from, most of the firearm carrying people prefer to open carry, they feel it is a deterrent and easier to reach.
It’s really weird how everyone in America, what I assume we are referring to, wants to conceal carry because the government does not want you to, and here in SA we want to do the opposite because of what the government wants.
PS this is my opinion from personal experience, maybe a lot more are carrying but I do not see them.
No shit.
We’ll just head back to Wild West days.
Actually, if I remember my history correctly, the so-called Wild West actually has better gun control than the US currently.
Did you have a source for this? This sounds very interesting!
Check out the Wikipedia article for the “Shootout at OK Corral” (sorry on phone and having trouble linking url) for the most famous example.
The catalyst was the sheriff attempting to enforce local Tombstone AZ law which prohibited firearms being carried within city limits.
Like that Sliders episode where Texas was the whole US
no shit
That’s what they’re going for. Fear sells guns and keeps fascists in power.
Gun nuts HATE being reminded of this, but historically carrying a concealed weapon was considered cowardly and something only a criminal would do. Because of that it was common for the practice to be illegal.
That was in Ye Olden Days though. Nowadays if you walk into a Walmart with iron on your hip it’s going to freak people out and the panic will be more dangerous than the gun.
Depends on where. Go to a Walmart in rural Indiana and people won’t think twice.
You’d think, right? How about this story from rural Texas of all places?
Bonus: “Gun Barrel City”. No, I am not kidding. LOL.
That racist POS that shot up the Walmart in El Paso moved the needle at Walmart at any rate.
