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Hungary's Gondola News Reports on Open Carry movement in the United States

Mike

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Can anyone post a translation??

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http://www.gondola.hu/hirek/91503

Négy amerikai államban kezdeményezik a nyílt fegyverviselést

Ha a javaslatokat elfogadják, Texasban, Dél-Karolinában, Oklahomában és Arkansas-ban is engedélyezett lesz a nyílt fegyverviselés, és az Egyesült Államok 50 szövetségi államából mindössze kettoben, New Yorkban és Floridában marad érvényben a tilalom. Az amerikai államok közül ez az utolsó hat, amelynek területén nem szabad nyíltan fegyvert viselni. A új kezdeményezések szerint a jelzett négyben viszont hamarosan engedélyezett lesz kézifegyvert nem eltakarva, a tokjában hordani, alapvetoen a bunözés visszaszorítására. Az Egyesült Államokban a rejtett fegyverviselést - a fegyver ruházat alá rejtését - a legtöbb államban szigorúan korlátozzák. Ez utóbbira teljes köru tilalom csak Wisconsinban és Illinois-ban van érvényben a Nemzeti Fegyverszövetség szerint. John Pierce, a nyílt fegyverviselést pártoló opencarry.org szervezet társalapítója elmondta: a rejtett fegyverviselést már az amerikai történelem kezdetén veszélyes dolognak tartották, a fegyver nyílt viselése viszont elfogadott volt.

Paul Helmke, a fegyveres eroszak elleni Brady Kampány elnöke viszont azon az állásponton van, hogy az emberek ne hordjanak fegyvert se nyíltan, se rejtve, mert "minél több fegyver van jelen egy konfliktusban, annál nagyobb a veszélye annak, hogy ott fegyvert is használnak".

A nyílt fegyverviselés engedélyezésével az alapveto cél - mint arra Ian McCarthy, a texasi Open Carry csoport diákvezetoje rámutatott - a bunözok elriasztása. Érvelése szerint rejtett fegyverrel viszont nem lehet elijeszteni a buncselekményre készüloket. "Ha egy bunözo látja, hogy van fegyvered, nem kezd ki veled" - érvel, megjegyezve, hogy a texasi nyári hoségben ráadásul kényelmetlen is a fegyvert rejtve hordani.

A nyílt fegyverviselés sem lesz persze mindenhol, minden körülmények között engedélyezett. Jeff Wentworth texasi állami szenátor például ellenzi, hogy az egyetemi városokban is lehessen fegyvert viselni, szerinte ez már a vadnyugat korát hozná vissza.
 

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I've studied Indo-Europeans languages for years, but Hungarian's a new one for me... here's what six months of study can do!

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Four US states have begun opening up arms

If the proposals are accepted, Texas, South Carolina, Oklahoma, and Arkansas will permit weapons carried in the open, and of the United States, only in two of the 50, New York and Florida, will the ban remain in place. These American states are the last six in which one cannot bear arms openly. The four new initiatives, however, indicate that the handgun will not be allowed to be worn hidden or in a case, essentially a measure for the reduction of crime. In the United States, hidden weapons - concealed under the clothing of the wearer - are more severely restricted by states. This latter prohibition is nearly complete, with Wisconsin and Illinois having a ban in force according to the National Rifle Association. John Pierce, of the organization Opencarry..org, in favor of openly carrying arms, said the ban on hidden guns goes back to the beginning of American history, when it was considered more dangerous (dishonorable?) than wearing one in the open.

Paul Helmke, the president of the Brady Campaign against Violence, however, is of the view that people should not be allowed to carry arms openly, or hidden, because "the more weapons there are, the greater the risk that one of those guns is going to be used in an armed conflict."

The fundamental goal is by allowing openly carried weapons - such as Ian McCarthy of the Texans for Open Carry group showed - it shows the carrier is not a criminal. He argues that a hidden weapon, however, is the preferred way for a criminal. "If a criminal has a gun, he does not show it to you" - he argues, noting that in the Texas summer heat, it is uncomfortable to wear concealed weapons.

Of course, weapons carried openly will not be permitted under all circumstances. State Senator Jeff Wentworth of Texas, for example, is opposed to allowing people to carry weapons on university property. "I think this is bringing back the days of the old Wild West."
 

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denwego wrote:
I think this is bringing back the days of the old Wild West.
Darn tootin'.

People thought twice about who they accosted and how they treated people, because they never knew who might be the "wrong guy" to mess with.

An armed society is a polite society.
 

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If the "OLD WILD WEST" days was so bad then why is the Crime Rate so much higher these days? Somebody needs to do some studying!
 

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Hmmm, I don't particularly recall doing an interview for a Hungarian newspaper. :uhoh:
 

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This is actually a much better report than most in this country - and that's the shame.

Yata hey
 
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