Trust me when I say that wardaddy is as far from the naive liberal you insinutate him to be. If you have read his myriad posts elsewhere on this forum, you would know this to be true. There is an irony here in that your overall viewpoints are much more like his than unlike, at least, that's what I gather from reading your opinions on this thread. You do display more of a penchant for being insulting, which he does not, which is also exhibited here on this thread. From your description of your "interaction" with the home-boys you mention above, you are obviously one who can check your ego when the situation demands, an honorable trait and a difficult thing to master.
You both have valid points. You seem to be more trusting of the lawmakers and their enforcers than he. Given the many sad examples of how our "leaders" tend to expand every legal device at their command to further and further strip us of our liberties at every opportunity, it is difficult to blame wardaddy for his opinions. I myself have witnessed abuses to laws which are good in theory, statist in practice. You mileage may vary.
From one CCW holder to another, stay safe.
Best Regards,SS