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KC5AV wrote:

joe817 wrote:Well put gdanaher! Thank you. You have put into words what I have been wanting to express for several months now. IMHO there are just to many people out there who would not(or could not) exercise the self discipline and self control required to carry openly and unlicensed open carry responsibly.

At some point that can begin to border on something like the Minority Report. Who gets to say which "dim witted, short tempered" don't get to carry because they might do something wrong? I was a little bit of a hot-head until I got my CHL. Should I have been restricted from carrying because I might lose my temper?

gdanaher wrote:I generally support the concept of OC if the individual is licensed to do so concealed.Anything short of that will generate huge backwash from the anti activists. If OC is passed, I agree that verbage specifying that the OC folks not be hastled by police. I don't know how this would flow though. If an officer 'feels' a problem, he would need to check for licensing anyway. I would suggest that an officer could simply ask to see the license if needed and then be done with it. Finally, the 30.06 signage should stand untouched, and perhaps a 30.07 sign of similar values mandated for the OC folks.

With proper respect to those who feel otherwise, I object to the idea that OC folks can carry without a license while concealed carry folks do need a license to do so. As noted elsewhere, it isn't a matter of respecting our rights under the Bill of Rights. It bears on the reality that some people just shouldn't be carrying, and if we are honest with ourselves, we know who these folks are. The licensing process acts as a filter to limit the dim witted, short tempered, wife beating guys who wave the constitution to cover their personal shortcomings.