I thought perhaps some others would like to know of the trouble other states are having with carry permits. I never knew that there were two states that wouldn’t allow their citizens to carry…is this true, what is the other state, Hawaii?
12 Jan
Concealed Carry — But they told us it would be a return to the Wild West
Here in Wisconsin, one of only two states in the nation that does not allow law abiding citizens to exercise our US and Wisconsin Constitutional rights to keep and bear arms to defend ourselves, they tell us about all if the evil thing that will happen if law abiding citizens are allowed to carry a gun. They can never point to any actual instance of these bad things happening, but they assure us that it will, because they have no trust in Wisconsin’s citizens.
Then a story like this one comes along, and you can just imagine them running around the room with their hands over their ears yelling “la, la, la, la… I can’t hear you… la, la, la, la” as they refuse to accept the facts.
Michigan sees fewer gun deaths — with more permits
Six years after new rules made it much easier to get a license to carry concealed weapons, the number of Michiganders legally packing heat has increased more than six-fold.
But dire predictions about increased violence and bloodshed have largely gone unfulfilled, according to law enforcement officials and, to the extent they can be measured, crime statistics.
The incidence of violent crime in Michigan in the six years since the law went into effect has been, on average, below the rate of the previous six years. The overall incidence of death from firearms, including suicide and accidents, also has declined.
http://badgerblogger.com/?p=6442
12 Jan
Concealed Carry — But they told us it would be a return to the Wild West
Here in Wisconsin, one of only two states in the nation that does not allow law abiding citizens to exercise our US and Wisconsin Constitutional rights to keep and bear arms to defend ourselves, they tell us about all if the evil thing that will happen if law abiding citizens are allowed to carry a gun. They can never point to any actual instance of these bad things happening, but they assure us that it will, because they have no trust in Wisconsin’s citizens.
Then a story like this one comes along, and you can just imagine them running around the room with their hands over their ears yelling “la, la, la, la… I can’t hear you… la, la, la, la” as they refuse to accept the facts.
Michigan sees fewer gun deaths — with more permits
Six years after new rules made it much easier to get a license to carry concealed weapons, the number of Michiganders legally packing heat has increased more than six-fold.
But dire predictions about increased violence and bloodshed have largely gone unfulfilled, according to law enforcement officials and, to the extent they can be measured, crime statistics.
The incidence of violent crime in Michigan in the six years since the law went into effect has been, on average, below the rate of the previous six years. The overall incidence of death from firearms, including suicide and accidents, also has declined.
http://badgerblogger.com/?p=6442
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