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Showing Original Post only (View all)NRA MEMBERS WANT TRAINING FOR CONCEALED CARRY GUN OWNERS [View all]
Requiring firearms training for concealed carry gun owners would be a step in the right direct except the concealed carry law itself should be banned in the U.S. My point is based on one simple fact. In Arizona if you are not a felon and have a warm body you can buy a gun and take it almost anywhere. No training. Yes, these cowboys can walk into the gun shop, purchase a handgun, and then walk around the streets with it brandished in a holster or hidden in a pocket. They claim it is for their safety but what these gun nuts really want to do is play vigilante. There are studies saying concealed carry saves lives but they are years old and even with the decrease in gun violence over the years there are still over 11,000 firearms related gun deaths each year. The sheer number of guns in this country--300 million--makes the idea of letting someone roam the streets with a hidden weapon plain dumb. But as an example of the lack of training that is prevalent, at least in the state of Arizona, two CC greenhorns at the attack of former Rep. Gabby Giffords in Tucson in 2011 attempted to come to the rescue to stop Jared Lee Laughner and almost shot each other. Laughner was stopped by one of the bystanders.
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Well, Nasty, this state of affairs is squarely in the gun-banners' collective lap...
Eleanors38
May 2015
#2
Apparently you just can't read, or, if you can, you have absolutely no comprehension.
Nasty Jack
May 2015
#21
She comprehends the meaning of the word 'brandishing' far better than you do
friendly_iconoclast
May 2015
#22
You lost all of the support you were trying to carry in, with the first sentence.
clffrdjk
May 2015
#11
"They claim it is for their safety but what these gun nuts really want to do is play vigilante."
Lizzie Poppet
May 2015
#29