I was just reading an article today about the likelihood that Nebraska would pass a concealed carry law this coming session, and some of the details of the law. It highlights something I've commented on before. Massachusetts, New York and the other states that adopted gun control laws decades ago all tended to do so in an effort to keep the "wrong people" from having guns, e.g. Blacks, Italians, Irish, etc. Because of this the all tended to implement concealed carry laws that allowed the "right people" to carry essentially everywhere. In contrast, a lot of other states either implemented gun control laws later on or had prohibited conceaed carry and allowed open carry everywhere going back to the mid 1800's. As a result, when the other states finally got around to allowing concealed carry, they were strongly influenced by the anti-gun hysteria that started in the 60's. In order to get their bills passed they had to prohibit carry in all sorts of places, e.g., churches, restaurants, parks, sporting events, concerts, etc. Rest assured that if Massachusetts ever had to start from scratch, our laws would prohibit carry in roughly 98% of the land area of the state. [roll]
Ken
Ken
