Mike
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keep em' under 200 words, short to the point, one idea at a time.
This editorial does not take into account that:
Police do not stop every car on the road to cvheck for licenses
Open carry is working just fine in 43 states
Open crry deters crime (proven in recently in Georgia, see http://www.examiner.com/x-5619-Atlanta-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2010m2d18-Open-carry-deters-armed-robbery-in-Kennesaw
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http://muskogeephoenix.com/opinion/x1036629250/Open-carry-law-a-potentially-deadly-idea
SNIP
Imagine tourists walking in downtown Tulsa or Oklahoma City seeing someone with a holstered weapon.
Can you tell just by looking whether this person has passed a background check and completed a firearms training course?
Can the police?
Law enforcement officers will have to stop to check the permits of everyone they see carrying a weapon. Officers can’t assume the person has a legitimate permit without checking.
If you see one in every 38 people carrying a weapon, would you feel safer or think you need a weapon, too?
What happens if an unarmed mugger comes across someone they feel they can overwhelm physically?
Will they wrestle the weapon away from the citizen?
keep em' under 200 words, short to the point, one idea at a time.
This editorial does not take into account that:
Police do not stop every car on the road to cvheck for licenses
Open carry is working just fine in 43 states
Open crry deters crime (proven in recently in Georgia, see http://www.examiner.com/x-5619-Atlanta-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2010m2d18-Open-carry-deters-armed-robbery-in-Kennesaw
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http://muskogeephoenix.com/opinion/x1036629250/Open-carry-law-a-potentially-deadly-idea
SNIP
Imagine tourists walking in downtown Tulsa or Oklahoma City seeing someone with a holstered weapon.
Can you tell just by looking whether this person has passed a background check and completed a firearms training course?
Can the police?
Law enforcement officers will have to stop to check the permits of everyone they see carrying a weapon. Officers can’t assume the person has a legitimate permit without checking.
If you see one in every 38 people carrying a weapon, would you feel safer or think you need a weapon, too?
What happens if an unarmed mugger comes across someone they feel they can overwhelm physically?
Will they wrestle the weapon away from the citizen?