[rellimpank]

--followup to this---

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3663355/posts

[rellimpank]

-—Chicago’s lead garbage wrap couldn’t really find anything wrong with the concealed weapons law but really wants to-—

[OttawaFreeper]

The authors should consult a piece written by Professor Lott which discusses how permit holders (based on Michigan’s experience) are that less likely than police officers to be convicted for a non justifiable homicide.

[Pollster1]

Four years, forty shootings. The entire history of concealed carry shootings for the state wouldn’t make an abnormal weekend for the city of Chicago. You don’t need more data to figure out if concealed carry licensees show “a pattern of trigger-happy amateurs blasting away without a good reason”.

For comparison, this past weekend:
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/tag/weekend-violence/
9 killed, 30 wounded in weekend shootings across Chicago.

[ScottinVA]

I read through the list of “shootings” involving concealed carry. All but a small number of them were self-defense actions or stopping a crime. Of course that goes against the “Lie-bune’s” assigned narrative, so we’ll never see the truth from them.

[arthurus]

How many of these trigger-happy gunsels have been convicted of crimes?

[rellimpank]

—and the Trib has suspended their “comments”—probably really because the comments run about ten to one against their editorial stance on firearms-—

[stylin19a]

The 16 hours required here is better than the mandates in many states, but it's far less than the hundreds of hours that police officers undergo. Getting a driver's license, by contrast, requires 50 hours of behind-the-wheel practice.

classic misuse of rights vs privilege comparison.

[Paal Gulli]

Statistically, CCWers have a lower crime rate than police.

[Yo-Yo]

If the Chicago Police didn’t file any charges, why should they keep track of the events?