Buckeye, AZ – Like many Americans, I frequently carry a gun. I’ve done so for over 30 years without ever laying hand to it in need.
Professor John Lott of the Crime Prevention Research Center reports that some 12.8 million people, over 5.2% of the adult U.S. population, are licensed to carry a concealed handgun.
In addition to concealed carry license holders in all 49 states, 7 states require no permit at all for concealed carry, and 39 states have few restrictions on carrying as long as the gun is visible, [ 1 state, New Jersey, has concealed carry on the books but does not grant their citizens the “right” / paperwork to carry.].
On top of that, as I have reported recently, there appears to be a growing trend among people who routinely carry a firearm to also routinely ignore signs that tell them they can’t. It is a growing form of civil disobedience that puts no one at increased risk of death or injury. As the number of concealed carriers grows, violent crime continues to fall.
This doesn’t prove that more guns equals less crime, but it irrefutably proves that more guns do not equate to more crime.
Unless you live in one of the extremely restrictive states like New York,New Jersey, or Massachusetts, any time you are on the street or anywhere that does not have controlled access, with metal detectors and bag searches, etc., there is a fairly high probability that someone nearby is legally carrying a gun. But they are not carrying that gun to protect you.
A popular essay from Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, divided humans into three categories: “Sheep,” “Wolves,” and “Sheepdogs.”
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I'm a sheepdog. I try to protect the sheep from the wolves, but not without some scars.
ReplyDeletewow....what an awesome point. As a cop and a soldier I am a sheepdog. As a citizen I am a porcupine.
ReplyDelete. As a cop and a soldier I am a sheepdog. As a citizen I am a porcupine.
ReplyDeleteNovember 9, 2015 at 4:44 PM
and who protects us from you?
5:24. Nobody protects you from them, they are the biggest gang. Look up what a gang is and see if the police fit the description. You ever read George Orwell's 1984? Want to see sheeple / people, then watch George Lucas' 1st movie (before Star Wars) THX-1138 Google it.
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Anybody that carries and is doing so for the right reasons and is willing to step up and protect others can be a sheepdog. Being a cop or soldier isn't required its just what we typically think of. Shock that anti cop winner would chime in for this. I'd be more than happy to step aside as a LEO if only there was somebody else that had the courage to step up. What agency will you be applying to?
ReplyDeleteGiovanni Jones
Got mine on right now.
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ReplyDeleteFound on Rotten Tomatoes...
'THX 1138' is a chilling look at a 25th-century totalitarian state where mankind is stripped of any individuality. People are numbered drones, and a government-enforced program of sedating drugs controls the populace. The story's title character, THX, is a factory worker whose life is irrevocably changed when he stops taking his mind-numbing drugs.
The Party "seeks power entirely for its own sake. It is not interested in the good of others; it is interested solely in power." George Orwell’s novel from Wikipedia. (kinda sounds like WBOC too)