Not strange at all.....just means our opponents are unscrupulous liars who count on the ignorance of those whose support they are seeking. The antis are never going to recognize or accept any fact about gun use or ownership that undermines their agenda of eliminating guns from private possession. They exploit the assumption made by decent human beings that they also want less crime and more good guys surviving criminal attacks: they don't. They want more crime and more dead good guys and a population that can't defend themselves because that creates dependency, giving them greater power and control.Luggo1 wrote:This seems to be a phenomena prevalent when the subject is guns. Each state that eventually got CHL passed had the same horrific predictions of blood in the streets etc... Each state seemed oblivious to the experience of their neighbors. A bloody battle in Arkansas recently over church carry, despite the fact that none of the predicted horrors happened elsewhere. Campus carry, open carry, restaurant carry, parking lot bills, constitutional carry...each state acts like it is inventing the wheel and gambling with apocalyptic disaster despite the fact that somewhere else, usually close by, they have the risky item in place with no problems. Strange.74novaman wrote:The simple answer is that we have other state examples to guide us on whether or not this would be an issue.Zen wrote: What about those that get a CHL, but just keep that little wheel/pocket gun in a pocket holster or purse, but never go to the range? What impact does it have when there are CHL holders that haven't shot since they were certified?
There is a risk there. 1) They can hurt/kill someone due to their lack of training and practice. 2) They can raise doubts to the validity of the CHL program as a whole and give fodder for the anti-gun folks.
I would rather be inconvenienced by renewal testing than have these individuals become that risk.
Indiana has a lifetime CHL. Vermont, Arizona, Alaska and Wyoming all have Constitutional Carry (no license or training of any sort needed to carry concealed)
I haven't seen any dire reports of untrained and underpracticed citizens getting into bad situations in any of those states.
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- Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:15 am
- Forum: 2013 Texas Legislative Session
- Topic: HB48: No renewal class required
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Re: HB48: No renewal class required
- Wed Mar 06, 2013 3:59 pm
- Forum: 2013 Texas Legislative Session
- Topic: HB48: No renewal class required
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Re: HB48: No renewal class required
Purplehood wrote:I think that renewal "classes" should be an online review of current laws related to the CHL and an e-signature affirming that you have read them.
I could go for that too.