- Nov 11, 2009
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Went to the MoCo County Fair Saturday, saw the MSP had a booth. I took the opportunity to speak with the two officers there, on the topic most dear to our hearts, concealed carry.
They were in total ignorance of the whole megillah; no odea what th Licensing Division was up to, no idea of what G&S meant. One of them, a young lady, was innocent enough to indicate she thought self-defense was considered legitimate.
I posed the question of what they personally thought of civilian carry; at first they claimed to have no thoughts on the matter. Eventually a certain level of conditioning appeared; they were concerned, as we all are, about unstable individuals with firearms. I told them that the screening process did as much as could be done in that area, and pointed out that the 40 or so states that have gone shall-issue or constitutional carry, were not experiencing bloodbaths, and that statistics showed conclusively that citizens with permits were far and away the most law-abiding group in the nation, even including the police.
I didn't hang around much, as my wife wanted to experience the joys of Fairdom, but it was somewhat enlightening to see that they were first of all clueless, and secondly willing to hear what I had to say. Maybe they'll think about it some.
They were in total ignorance of the whole megillah; no odea what th Licensing Division was up to, no idea of what G&S meant. One of them, a young lady, was innocent enough to indicate she thought self-defense was considered legitimate.
I posed the question of what they personally thought of civilian carry; at first they claimed to have no thoughts on the matter. Eventually a certain level of conditioning appeared; they were concerned, as we all are, about unstable individuals with firearms. I told them that the screening process did as much as could be done in that area, and pointed out that the 40 or so states that have gone shall-issue or constitutional carry, were not experiencing bloodbaths, and that statistics showed conclusively that citizens with permits were far and away the most law-abiding group in the nation, even including the police.
I didn't hang around much, as my wife wanted to experience the joys of Fairdom, but it was somewhat enlightening to see that they were first of all clueless, and secondly willing to hear what I had to say. Maybe they'll think about it some.
