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To: neverdem
PEORIA — Talk of bringing concealed-carry legislation to Illinois gives many residents a fear of the unknown.

It's only "unknown" because they are willfully ignorant of the decades upon decades of experience of states like Vermont and New Hampshire, which have not only among the most lax concealed carry laws in the nation, but also the lowest crime rates.

3 posted on 07/20/2009 9:14:09 AM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: mvpel

An armed society is a polite society.


11 posted on 07/20/2009 9:25:09 AM PDT by lakeman
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To: mvpel

You forgot Alaska.


22 posted on 07/20/2009 10:45:33 AM PDT by wastedyears (The Tree is thirsty and the hogs are hungry.)
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