I just don't understand this thinking...

From the VCDL newsletter:

Virginia law requires a permit for concealed carry, but a measure proposed by State Del. Mark Cole, (R-Spotsylvania), would eliminate the permit requirement, making it legal for all gun owners to carry a concealed weapon

Del. Jennifer McClellan, (D-Richmond), vows to vote against Cole's proposal. She said the permit process is a major benefit to public safety within the state.

"If a police officer stops a car, they can run the license plate and they will know if that person has a concealed-weapons permit," McClellan said. "That gives them some information we probably want them to have about whether or not that individual is armed, and that would go away."

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You will NEVER know if a Bad Guy has a gun in the car. Yet this dimwit is concerned that cops know about permit holders. Cops need to approach EVERY car stop as though the driver has a firearm, and if the driver is obeying and being calm, process the ticket and leave. I DEFY her to prove how the permit process is a benefit to public safety. Only law-abiding folks BOTHER to get a permit and there are a LOT of people illegally carrying that they will NEVER know about.

Why isn't she concerned about people driving 2-ton cars intoxicated and with suspended licenses? The difference in danger between bad drivers and permit holder is just not on the same level; not even close.

Some things cannot be explained. It is the same old "blood in the streets" argument. If we get rid of permits there will be more shooting and thousand of innocent children will die. Yes, people actually believe that despite all of the evidence to the contrary.

The short answer is that despite their very loud protestations to the contrary, most serious anti-gunners think that all private citizen gun owners are criminals.

They see the permit as a good thing because at least that way, the LEOs will know about some of the "criminals" who have guns, even if not all of them. Some is better than none.

TFred

R4p

Sort of a back door gun registration, isn't it?

R4P = Registration for Permittees

Playing with people who think backwards should be a sport.

Anti-gunners strive their best to make it as hard or inconvenient or embarrassing (newspaper printing) as possible to get a CHP... but if you think about it logically, they should want all gun owners to have CHPs, because that is the only legal way to put them on record for owning a normal gun in Virginia. They should therefore push legislation to make the process as quick, easy and cheap as possible, so that every gun owner says, "why not go ahead and get one?"

I still think it would be a hoot to engage an anti-gunner in a serious conversation one day and pose them this question:

"If Joe Citizen has decided that the time has come for him to buy his first handgun,
would you rather he did, or did not go through the process of obtaining a CHP?"

I can only imagine the conflict of desired outcomes that would be spinning in their heads... it would probably render them unable to speak coherently for several minutes.

TFred

This is unbelievable. Never understand why the 2A is such a hard pill for some folks to swallow.

TFred said:

The short answer is that despite their very loud protestations to the contrary, most serious anti-gunners think that all private citizen gun owners are criminals.

They see the permit as a good thing because at least that way, the LEOs will know about some of the "criminals" who have guns, even if not all of them. Some is better than none.

TFred

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Ever wonder why when you are pulled over and you are run for wants/warrants the officer is alerted that you have a CHP?
:shocker:

TFred said:

Playing with people who think backwards should be a sport.

Anti-gunners strive their best to make it as hard or inconvenient or embarrassing (newspaper printing) as possible to get a CHP... but if you think about it logically, they should want all gun owners to have CHPs, because that is the only legal way to put them on record for owning a normal gun in Virginia. They should therefore push legislation to make the process as quick, easy and cheap as possible, so that every gun owner says, "why not go ahead and get one?"

I still think it would be a hoot to engage an anti-gunner in a serious conversation one day and pose them this question:

"If Joe Citizen has decided that the time has come for him to buy his first handgun,
would you rather he did, or did not go through the process of obtaining a CHP?"

I can only imagine the conflict of desired outcomes that would be spinning in their heads... it would probably render them unable to speak coherently for several minutes.

TFred

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Gun owners in general would never stand for national gun registration but they are lining up for national gun owner registration.
:banghead:

sparkman2 said:

This is unbelievable. Never understand why the 2A is such a hard pill for some folks to swallow.

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You really should be scared. Much of what the other side is afraid of is their projection of what THEY would do with a gun.

That is why they are so terrified of guns. They see themselves shooting someone in traffic or in an argument. Or themselves either by accident or on purpose.

For some of these people it is the only diagnosis that makes sense.

I think there is also a large population that has just never been exposed to guns and knows nothing about them. These are the people we need to ID and take shooting one day. Imagine if each of us took 5 people a year shooting?

4 States w/ Constitutional Carry

I know Arizona, Alaska, Vermont, and I believe, Wyoming already have constitutional carry. New Hampshire is getting close to it, also. There have been no statistics in those States showing that constitutional carry creates problems, just the opposite. Sawah, you and I and all pro 2nd amendment citizens will NEVER EVER understand the mind of someone like McClellan. But, it is important to post information like this whenever we stumble upon it.

TFred said:

Playing with people who think backwards should be a sport.

Anti-gunners strive their best to make it as hard or inconvenient or embarrassing (newspaper printing) as possible to get a CHP... but if you think about it logically, they should want all gun owners to have CHPs, because that is the only legal way to put them on record for owning a normal gun in Virginia. They should therefore push legislation to make the process as quick, easy and cheap as possible, so that every gun owner says, "why not go ahead and get one?"

I still think it would be a hoot to engage an anti-gunner in a serious conversation one day and pose them this question:

"If Joe Citizen has decided that the time has come for him to buy his first handgun,
would you rather he did, or did not go through the process of obtaining a CHP?"

I can only imagine the conflict of desired outcomes that would be spinning in their heads... it would probably render them unable to speak coherently for several minutes.

TFred

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Someone on this board (I forget who) posed a very similar question to the one in bold to an anti. Eventually the anti simply said that they would prefer for the person to simply not have a gun and refused to answer the actual question asked.

If Virginia was changed to a state where you didn't need a permit to conceal, would that mean that people 18-20 could conceal a weapon since they are legally able to own a firearm?

JesterP99 said:

If Virginia was changed to a state where you didn't need a permit to conceal, would that mean that people 18-20 could conceal a weapon since they are legally able to own a firearm?

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pretty sure, just like the other states that allow cc without permits

Aknazer said:

Someone on this board (I forget who) posed a very similar question to the one in bold to an anti. Eventually the anti simply said that they would prefer for the person to simply not have a gun and refused to answer the actual question asked.

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I've posted that similar question here before, but had not heard of this account. That would be typical for a liberal though, to ignore the premise (the "premise" to a hypothetical question equates to the "facts" of real life scenarios), and choose instead to just stick their head in the sand.

TFred

What boggles the mind is the fact that these people assume that the law-abiding socially-responsible people who have bothered to submit to a background check and registered with The System in order to get a CHP are the dangerous gun totin' threat. It's the people who are carrying with felonious intent who have not gotten a CHP, and who couldn't even if they wanted to because of prior felonies, illegal immigration status, insanity, etc., and who don't show up on the computer that the cops should be worried about. If I were a cop approaching a car registered to a CHP holder, I'd worry a lot less than if there were no notation at all on the vehicle owner's information. What would scare me the most is the absence of any information about that at all. Information that the registered owner has passed a recent background check would make me feel a lot better - the real threat in such a situation is drunk drivers who drive off the road toward the flashing blue lights.

I think the LEOs who are 'frightened' by CHP/CHL holders are faking it (perhaps subconsciously), to lend credence to the idea that only LEOs should be armed, frankly.

A thought or two. When something has been taught to you, almost from birth, good or bad in our eyes, it is very hard for someone to "unlearn it". For a person that is multigenerational living in New York city, never having owned a car, or had a DL, they can't understand a person like me that gets jittery if ONE of my vehicles isn't driviable. Someone raised in the city, never hunted, or had a gun in the house, or even knew someone with a gun. It's hard for them to fathom why I have guns for all kinds of activities. I was asked one time why I keep guns that I only pull out once or twice a year to clean, and that's their life. They have no idea the tradition that is associated with a gun that was my grandfather's, passed down to my father, and passed down to me. And the memories of hunting with all those guys. They never lived in a place where not only was it legal to have a handgun on your side, but part of life with Copperheads in the WV mountains.
While I may seem like I am ranting worthlessly, sometimes you have to put yourself in their shoes. We need to have some patience to educate those that are ignorant of our life, as we are ignorant of theirs.