sjhipple
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I posted this before, but Sa45auto(who's new hobby is apparently following me around and posting trolling comments in response to mine) was able to successfully derail the thread, so I'm giving it a second shot. :?
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I'm always amazed at how bad "red states" are with their gun laws. Texas doesn't allow open carry. Alabama is "may issue."
But the state that never ceases to amaze me is NEBRASKA! It's a rural state isn't it? It's a red state. Yet, two of its cities require gun REGISTRATION (and it's the only state besides Illinois that has no state preemption). If you look at a map of gun laws, you can almost guarantee that Nebraska will be on the wrong side of the issue (no emergency powers legislation, no castle doctrine). And as I recall, they just got shall issue permits about a year ago.
So my question is this, why do you think it is that conservative states with high populations of gun owners have such horrible gun laws?
I have a few theories. I think that people in those states may feel too secure in their rights and don't feel threatened because, "hey, it's Alabama! My state senator goes duck hunting with my cousin Billy Bob on the third weekend of every leap year!" Plus, the police are mostly fair about giving permits so there's no apparent problem. I also wonder how easy it is for a black or hispanic man to get a permit in Alabama and whether or not the desire by some to keep blacks disarmed prevents them from changing their law toshall issue (remember, the first gun control laws were in the South and they made it a crimefor blacks to own guns. Sherrifs would often do house to house searches to make sure black people were not armed).
Anyway, just some thoughts.
Oh, and for those of you who don't have a good state gun rights organization, you need to start one. The Virginia Citizens Defense League has been invaluable in getting good gun laws in Virginia. There are also good organizations in Iowa, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, with one starting up in Texas too. The NRA can't even begin to do what a good, organized, motivated group of people - doing their own thing without directions from some boss- can do for a state.
I posted this before, but Sa45auto(who's new hobby is apparently following me around and posting trolling comments in response to mine) was able to successfully derail the thread, so I'm giving it a second shot. :?
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I'm always amazed at how bad "red states" are with their gun laws. Texas doesn't allow open carry. Alabama is "may issue."
But the state that never ceases to amaze me is NEBRASKA! It's a rural state isn't it? It's a red state. Yet, two of its cities require gun REGISTRATION (and it's the only state besides Illinois that has no state preemption). If you look at a map of gun laws, you can almost guarantee that Nebraska will be on the wrong side of the issue (no emergency powers legislation, no castle doctrine). And as I recall, they just got shall issue permits about a year ago.
So my question is this, why do you think it is that conservative states with high populations of gun owners have such horrible gun laws?
I have a few theories. I think that people in those states may feel too secure in their rights and don't feel threatened because, "hey, it's Alabama! My state senator goes duck hunting with my cousin Billy Bob on the third weekend of every leap year!" Plus, the police are mostly fair about giving permits so there's no apparent problem. I also wonder how easy it is for a black or hispanic man to get a permit in Alabama and whether or not the desire by some to keep blacks disarmed prevents them from changing their law toshall issue (remember, the first gun control laws were in the South and they made it a crimefor blacks to own guns. Sherrifs would often do house to house searches to make sure black people were not armed).
Anyway, just some thoughts.
Oh, and for those of you who don't have a good state gun rights organization, you need to start one. The Virginia Citizens Defense League has been invaluable in getting good gun laws in Virginia. There are also good organizations in Iowa, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, with one starting up in Texas too. The NRA can't even begin to do what a good, organized, motivated group of people - doing their own thing without directions from some boss- can do for a state.