There are currently only two states that allow no form of concealed firearm carry, Illinois (President’s Home state) and Wisconsin. As a side note, Open (non-concealed) Carry is legal in Wisconsin.
Illinois is currrently debating legislation on allowing CC. We will see how that goes…
So here is my question: “Is the fact that people CAN legally carry a gun Scary or Comforting?”
Would it be more/less scary if the only people who CC’ed a firearm did so illegally?
Here is a really good article about “Blaming the Tool”
Our current President agrees on the dangers of Concealed Carry. (Note, he is not saying it is dangerous, or is he?) Story here. (Note: This is pretty much as anti-gun slant as you get, I think just reading the article will cause kids to shoot themselves)
They cite a large number of crimes commited by CC’ers, maybe lets say 100. Now how many Concealed Firearm Permits have been issued? Utah has issued over 300,000.
With me so far? 300K permits, 100 national crimes…. Now lets pretend that Utah is the only state that issues every CFP. That would still be 1:3000 CFP holders commiting a crime.
On the average, a CFP holder is much more obedient to the law. They (me) have to pass a FBI background check, no felonies, domestic stuff, no psycos, etc, etc…. But, 1:100,000 would still be too high.
A side note, Utah is bragging on how ONLY 1:64 Utah Adults are currently IN the “corrrections system” (This does not mean jail workers, but jail customers and parolees). Nationally the number is 1:31, which is one of your classmates from 2nd grade.
So in Green Jello Utah, only 1:64 adults are convicted criminals, is that Scary or Comforting?
You get rid of the 1:64 and then lets start talking about disarming the rest…. I won’t give up my security, until then is no need for security. I am personally more scared of the 1:60 than the 5% of Utahns with a CFP.