Posted on 12/13/2012 7:05:25 AM PST by Iron Munro
"When the number of license holders increase, crime decreases. We have a record number of license holders now, and crime is the lowest it's been in 40 years."
It is also a pity that this bureaucrap isn't a bit more social-network-savvy. He should have put this on Facebook and Twitter, where the young "gangstas" apparently cannot wait to post their pictures and boasts after every outrage.
This is great news! All states should encourage citizens to own guns, and learn how to use them in accordance with the law.
They probably already know it if you go to a range to shoot.
Do you only use cash when purchasing your firearms and accessories?
Face it, if they wanted to, they can find out. Take solace knowing that you are in great company in FL.
Oh, and I couldn’t get through two sentences of this article, with its typical Tampa Bay Slimes anti-gun tilt.
I’m in the middle of teaching a series of NRA instructor courses to a group of law enforcement educators, and happened to flip on the TV just in time to see Commissioner Putnam’s press conference.
He was articulate and presented his case well, despite the efforts the handful of attending goofy-a$$ed, slouching, ill-informed “journalists” trying to trip him up.
He was missing a real opportunity, though. The only one clearly heard was the Commissioner; the questions from the floor were almost unintelligible. He could have had an aide with a microphone wandering through them, and asked them to identify themselves and their employer before they asked a question.
BTW - from the Brady Bunch: “If more guns made us a safer society ... blah blah blah ... We’re not. We’re the most lethal.” A quick check of the NRA magazine’s Armed Citizen column might tell them to whom the lethality is directed.
>> I hate the idea of [the Gummn’t] knowing ... I’m pro-gun, I have guns, and I probably have one on me at any given time.
Both the internet and Google were first financed by the CIA and NSA - and you are wondering if they know? They know. Lots.
All it takes is for "them" to spend a little time data mining and putting the pieces together. Lots of things are already in place, which is why when you look at products on the internet or purchase with your credit card at a store, you receive advertisements of like products in the mail and on your computer screen.
Not sure if you've ever used Quicken, but some do in order to budget money/track expenses. Lets say you go to Walmart and spend $300 and buy something from every aisle and then pay with your credit/debit card. If you have Quicken, you can log in as soon as you get home and it will show you to the penny what categories you spent money on: health/beauty, entertainment, food, clothes, etc. Imagine what the government and large corporations doing R&D for advertising has.............especially if you are linked into social media like FaceBook, MySpace, Tritter, etc.
Point being, if they want to know they will.
Their knowledge can’t stop a lead projectile traveling at over 1000 fps.
I agree
Man, all those dims in Blowhard County have permits!
I’m hoping and waiting for Virginia to get concealed carry w/o license. They’ve already got open-carry. It would be great if you could just carry with maybe a flannel shirt or jacket on.
I had the opportunity to see Adam Putnam in person introducing Mitt Romney at a rally here in Tampa a couple weeks before the election. He’s fantastic, articulate, smart, and young. I definitely think he’ll be going places in the RPOF, and maybe beyond.
We outnumber the anti 2A groups and the govt. By a lot. Have no fear, get your permit and be proud of it.Let the govt.know that you are another freedom loving citizen that wishes to take care of himself.Gun rights have taken big steps forward in recent years.Those who are afraid of the govt. knowing who they are will also be afraid to use their weapon if they need to.
There is much truth to the saying, When it is time to bury ‘em, it will also be time to dig them up.
You’re right. I’m getting it.
By posting this on freerepublic, you have already “outed” yourself far more than getting a CCW would.
Unless extreme measures are taken, you do not have any privacy anymore. Florida does not require any information about gun models or serial numbers. *Those* are what you should worry about giving out.
In your faces, gun-grabbers. One million. Choke on that.
In your faces, gun-grabbers. One million. Choke on that.
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