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Rolling Stone has a "with us... against us" column, in which a crude line graph is used to depict whether certain policy decisions are helpful or hurtful.
A recent issue put the recent amendment to Tennessee law allowing carry in alcohol serving establishments as firmly "against us."
Since I wanted to comment on the defeat of national reciprocity yesterday, and in the spirit of being proactive, I wrote the following note to their editor:
Dear Editor:
I can see it now: the July 22nd failure of the Senate to pass national Concealed Carry reciprocity will
show up in your next issue as "for us."
I'm not psychic: I know the slant of your publication. And nothing could be further from the truth.
Concealed carry permit holders are a law-abiding bunch that have lower rates of criminality
than average citizens, and even police officers in general.
However, these people become lawbreakers when they dare to venture into a neighboring state
that doesn't honor this piece of paper, while carrying their lawfully obtained weapon.
A CCW should be treated no differently than a driver's license. It's not right that people should face
a choice of disarming while crossing an internal United States border, or becoming felons.
Scores of decent people over the years have accidentally crossed a poorly marked state line,
and had their lives permanently ruined because they were caught with their gun.
They are criminals by technicality, not by intent.
And keep in mind that Vermont, one of the safest states to live in the US, requires no
"government permission slip" whatsoever to carry openly or concealed.
