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NC: Concealed-carry bills go too far
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Mark A. Taff
Website: http://www.marktaff.com
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Two bills being considered in the N.C. House -- HB 69 and HB 201 -- would eliminate the requirement to obtain a permit in order to carry a concealed weapon. Both bills are completely irresponsible.
I strongly support both the Second Amendment and the NRA, but to eliminate the requirement that individuals have at least the basic skills to safely use a firearm is irrational. Also, the conceal permit approval process provides a background check that excludes many criminals and individuals with a history of mental health issues from having legal access to a concealed firearm. |
Comment by:
dasing
(4/21/2017)
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NOT far enough!!!! |
Comment by:
jac
(4/21/2017)
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And constitutional carry will still exclude criminals and individuals with a history of mental health issues from having legal access to a concealed firearm.
The permit process currently does not exclude criminals and other prohibited persons from possessing illegal firearms as is demonstrated daily by felons in possession of firearms.
You may believe that you support the second amendment, but you don't. Or else you have no concept of the purpose as written 200 plus years ago.
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I do believe that where there is a choice only between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me what he should have done had he been present when I was almost fatally assaulted in 1908 [by an Indian extremist opposed to Gandhi's agreement with Smuts], whether he should have run away and seen me killed or whether he should have used his physical force which he could and wanted to use, and defend me, I told him it was his duty to defend me even by using violence. Hence it was that I took part in the Boer War, the so-called Zulu Rebellion and [World War I]. Hence also do I advocate training in arms for those who believe in the method of violence. I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honor than that she should in a cowardly manner become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonor. — Mohandas K. Gandhi, Young India, August 11, 1920 from Fischer, Louis ed.,The Essential Gandhi, 1962 |
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