Why in the heck can't liberal gun-grabbers understand this? Oh, yeah, it's not about logic, but about an emotional appeal to the dumbed-down electorate. Sheesh.
The antis have nothing left to fight with BUT emotion. Every one of the so-called "facts" they have spouted for the last 50 years has been proven false by scientific research such as that by Lott and Mustard. But even more damning to their cause are the undeniable FACTS of how successful shall-issue concealed carry has been in every state where it has been enacted. AFAIK not a single state has seen an increase in violent crime after shall-issue CC was enacted, and instead, almost every state has seen a significant reduction in crime after CC was allowed. The longer the law has been in effect, the greater the reduction in crime. FL was the first state to enact shall issue CC in 1987, and the murder rate dropped by 27% within 8 years.
It's no wonder the antis are fighting the passage of CC laws so bitterly. The laws themselves are proving for everyone to see that everything the antis have been preaching for 50 years was nothing but a pack of big fat lies. Now if we can get congress and GW to see that the entire AW ban nonsense was based on the exact same kind of big lies by the same big fat liars who have lied for decades about CC, maybe we can start on the long road to regaining ALL our 2nd amendment rights that have been whittled away over the last century. Defeating the AW re-authorization bill would be great place to start on that road, and if enough of us let our representatives, and Bush, know how we feel we can do it.