Adam Andrea
06-19-2008, 10:08 AM
http://planetutah.typepad.com/planet_utah/2008/03/the-inevitable.html
Michigan recently celebrated the six-year anniversary of the passage of concealed-carry legislation, which allows law abiding gun owners to carry a concealed weapon in public places (assuming they do the training, have a permit, pass a background check, etc.) The NRA recently ran a story on this topic, and quoted someone from the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police as follows: "I think the general consensus out there is that things are not as bad as we expected it could be. What we anticipated didn't happen, and I think we should breathe a sigh of relief."
You see this in state after state. Before concealed-carry legislation happens, cops, the mainstream media, and anti-gun groups wail and gnash their teeth. Their quotes are pretty predictable; almost inevitably they involve the phrases "wild west," "blood in the streets," and/or "fender-benders turning into shoot-outs." Then, once the laws pass and nothing changes, the more honorable ones among them say, "I'll be damned...guess we were wrong...."
Michigan recently celebrated the six-year anniversary of the passage of concealed-carry legislation, which allows law abiding gun owners to carry a concealed weapon in public places (assuming they do the training, have a permit, pass a background check, etc.) The NRA recently ran a story on this topic, and quoted someone from the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police as follows: "I think the general consensus out there is that things are not as bad as we expected it could be. What we anticipated didn't happen, and I think we should breathe a sigh of relief."
You see this in state after state. Before concealed-carry legislation happens, cops, the mainstream media, and anti-gun groups wail and gnash their teeth. Their quotes are pretty predictable; almost inevitably they involve the phrases "wild west," "blood in the streets," and/or "fender-benders turning into shoot-outs." Then, once the laws pass and nothing changes, the more honorable ones among them say, "I'll be damned...guess we were wrong...."