[B4Ranch]

[Joe Brower]

B4Ranch ping!

[Gritty]

Somebody in Michigan "gets it".

[ExSoldier]

"Florida had passed a similar law before Michigan acted and noted a sudden increase in crimes against tourists - people driving cars with rental-company decals or out-of-state license plates."

Then Florida passed a number of interstate compacts which allow reciprocity with other states and CCW permits. Suddenly a Georgia tag didn't guarantee an unarmed and helpless tourist. To date, I can travel from my home in Miami, FL to almost anywhere south of the Mason-Dixon Line and be lawfully armed. I'm not sure about South Carolina, however. A couple of years ago we travelled to Austin Texas and back to pick up our new pup. I was armed the whole way and never felt safer.

[budwiesest]

It may be the first such local story we've printed or known of - and that was because the chief of police there wisely brought it to public attention.

Wouldn't it be nice if such positive uses of a gun were given more press? We ought to require papers to validate stories such as this and then run it somewhere on either the front or back of every paper in town.

Where do they (news outlets) get the impression that part of their mission is to keep people in the dark? I thought their purpose was to shed light on events, both good and bad.

When guns are put to good use and it's not reported, it is a violation of the trust we hold in them and perhaps, by pointing this out, they'll see things differently in the future. Otherwise, they remain nothing more than an agenda driven rag or television show whose credibility is their biggest liability.

Sales of papers down? Ratings on your "TheNewsComesFirst" show down? People want news, raw and accurate--not agenda driven, PC crap. How refreshing it would be to tune into a news show that actually put the 'news first'.

[Commander8]

An armed society is a polite society.

[bunkerhill7]

My family has had weapons on the wall ready to grab on the run since 1648, Ipswich, Massachusetts; my GGGG*fathers' firearms used in New England Indian Wars, St. Anne's War, French and Indian War, Ft. Ticonderoga, Ft. St. Frederick, Crown Point, Battle of Bunker Hill, Saratoga II, War of 1812; from muskets and blunderbusses to Civil War rifled muskets to AK-47's captured from VC's brought home as war trophies- U.S. Constitution indubitably and irrevocably asserted AND confirmed in writing what has been common practice by the PEOPLE going into battle as irregulars or regulars for 350 years the right to bear arms, not to mention right to bear arms by my other Native American ancestors and relatives since 1763 and 1787 by English and US treaty for reservation firearm use.

[R.W.Ratikal]

Gun carry laws could reduce the crime rate. But like everything else where responsibility and judgment must be a part of the right, we must issue carry licenses careful.

For example, do we want to allow "everyone" the right? Obviously not to felons, underage, mentally unfit and non citizens. But how to control who gets to exercise the right?

I suggest that in addition to the usual restrictions a means test should be given to determine if the applicant can carry a gun:

1. Must be a citizen of the United States and be able to prove it.

2. Must prove to have filed yearly income tax returns.

3. Must be a property holder or otherwise financially responsible.

4. Must prove that the applicant does not use dope or drink alcohol to excess.

5. Must make a reasonable deposit and pay a renewal fee every year.

6. Must take an approved safety training course.