At the Truth About Guns website Grace Stevens has a short piece entitled Shannon Watts discovers that politicians care about what their constituents really want as elections get closer. Shannon Watts is distressed that states are passing permit less carry, otherwise known as Constitutional carry. Watts is concerned that letting those who have no criminal history to carry their arms will cause more deaths. Of course, what Watts does not take into consideration is that criminals already carry without a permit. They cannot get a permit because they are not permitted to own a firearm in the first place. So, if criminals are going to carry, even though they may not possess firearms, why not allow those who can possess them, to carry them without needing a permit. Acquiring a permit requires extra money that could be used for ammunition and range time, and jumping through various bureaucratic hoops.
It all makes sense if you think that criminals obey gun laws even though they don't obey other laws. The people that are being allowed to carry without a permit are not the causing crimes in the first place. Meanwhile, the actual criminals are going to carry law or no law.
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