Fairfax, VA. – Today, National Rifle Association (NRA) Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre and the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action Executive Director Chris W. Cox joined Governor Scott Walker as he signed the Wisconsin Personal Protection Act into law. This makes Wisconsin the 49th state to give law-abiding citizens an option to carry a concealed firearm for personal protection.
“For everyday crime victims, Right-to-Carry is the difference between no chance and a fighting chance. That is why the NRA's commitment to freedom, the Second Amendment and the self-defense rights of good people everywhere never wavers,” said LaPierre. “Today's signing ceremony is proof of the value of the hard work, dedication and perseverance of NRA members in Wisconsin.”
49 States now allow some form of concealed carry. Only one makes no provisions for its citizens to carry firearms for self-protection. One. Of those 49 states, the vast majority are "shall issue", meaning that as long as applicants meet requirements, they will receive a permit to carry a concealed firearm upon their person (IIRC the number right now is 40 or 41 "shall issue" states).
There is no "blood in the streets". There are no "Wild West" shootouts over parking spaces. No one has pulled a "Dirty Harry" or a "Travis Bickle". Concealed carry permit holders are among the most law-abiding citizens on the streets and will not - with very few exceptions - risk losing their permits over trivial matters.
It's funny, isn't it, that most the scenarios that are envisioned by the anti-rights folks are contrived Hollywood fantasies. The myth of the Old West being an ultra-violent shooting gallery (as though modern urban cities aren't ten times more violent). The myth of the lone vigilante. The myth of the average person transformed into a violent killer simply because they have an inanimate object. All false. All demonstrably proven to be nonsense over the past 25 or more years.
I don't know if it's right to say we're winning, but I do know that the anti-rights people are most certainly losing.
That is all.
5 comments:
Damn right!
I have always LOVED the often overlooked fact that almost all of the Old West towns such as Dodge, Hays City, Tombstone, Deadwood and a multitude of others had laws which RESTRICTED the rights of citizens to carry firearms.
After all, what the O.K. Corral gunfight boiled down to was a arrest for carrying weapons in town that went sour.
I wish everyone would stop including my home state of NJ in these lists. NJ is 'May Issue' in the same ways as 'Pigs may fly'. If you are a friend of the Governor, a celebrity, an NBA or NFL player, you'll get a permit. Average citizen? Not going to happen.
When the NRA gets something moving in NJ, then I'll be impressed. Not excited, because I've moved to TX where life is better, but impressed.
Maryland's "Shall Issue" is so restrictive - so impossible for most to meet ( for example, you have to show through police reports or the like you are the subject of a stalker or receive death threats, or regularly handle/transport/deposit large sums of cash ) that it may as well not exist at all - same as Mr Casey says above me as in NJ. You have to be connected, and know someone in order to get your application even reviewed.
So counting 49 states is a little misleading. I can't get a CCW, despite meeting all aspects of gun ownership otherwise.
Ah yes, the blood in the streets... ain't happened yet, but they keep beating that drum... sigh
Washington State has been shall-issue since 1968 and somehow always remains a low-crime state.
It must be an outlier. Everyone knows gun permits make you go postal.
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