Gun Control & RKBA

By my count, that makes four pro-gunners who have now indicated that they don't feel that it matters whether someone illegally carries a concealed weapon, because those laws are unjust and therefore don't need to be followed. Interesting. I guess the distinction between the "law abiding" gun owners and the criminals isn't that clear after all.

Not just "someone", but this one in particular.

But to be honest, I think CCW permits are a waste of time and money and as such I'm not too broken up if otherwise law-abiding people don't follow this particular law. As the facts bear out, the only people who bother getting CCW permits are people who are highly law-abiding. Criminals don't bother with forms and expense and paperwork - they just stick the gun in their pants and call it good.

As many states are finding out, there's not much benefit or point to issuing CCW permits because the people who apply for them are hardly ever involved in crimes anyway. It's a big taxpayer-funded bureaucracy that achieves nothing. Just like Canada discovered about its long-arm registry - people hardly ever commit crimes with long arms, so why bother tracking the damn things?

"Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said the government’s actions are long overdue.

“It does nothing to help put an end to gun crimes, nor has it saved one Canadian life,”"

That is exactly what state governments are finding out about registering people who carry concealed firearms.

It cost Canada about $2 Billion to register about 7 million firearms. States are figuring out that this is an easy savings and they are better off investing the money in real crime fighting rather than tracking people who are almost never involved in crime.

I'm not to broken up about people who break marijuana laws, either.