Jim NE
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I know there are at least a few leftists in our state legislature who have ccw permits, so there is support from that political perspective.
I have different take than some of the other posters. I've felt that many Constitutionally minded/centered people have been too focused ONLY on gun rights activism.
With this shooting in Florida recently, I think the NRA sees the writing on the wall. It won't be long before some people start calling the NRA a "hate group" and try to start passing laws against "hate speech." Think it won't happen? How could you think that the gov that's out to get your 2nd A rights, isn't out to get your 1st?? Freedom of speech is already being seriously curtailed in Europe for the sake of this political agenda.
I'd like to see a broader approach to protect constitutional rights. Maybe the NRA shouldn't cover the whole spectrum, but they could cover at least part of it. Of course, I'm presuming that this is the direction an expanded NRA would go, and I don't know for a fact that it is. Have to wait and see.
Also, be honest, what's the REAL reason CCW laws sprang up in almost all of the states in roughly a small 15 year slice of our country's 235 year history? It's because the violent crime rate in the early to mid 1990's was at an HISTORIC all time high. It was unbelievable. Law enforcement simply couldn't protect everyone. CCW laws helped bring the crime rate down, but if concerted efforts had been made to discourage the growth of a criminal class in America over the last 40 years, the crime rates never would've gone up in the first place. Something to ponder.
I have different take than some of the other posters. I've felt that many Constitutionally minded/centered people have been too focused ONLY on gun rights activism.
With this shooting in Florida recently, I think the NRA sees the writing on the wall. It won't be long before some people start calling the NRA a "hate group" and try to start passing laws against "hate speech." Think it won't happen? How could you think that the gov that's out to get your 2nd A rights, isn't out to get your 1st?? Freedom of speech is already being seriously curtailed in Europe for the sake of this political agenda.
I'd like to see a broader approach to protect constitutional rights. Maybe the NRA shouldn't cover the whole spectrum, but they could cover at least part of it. Of course, I'm presuming that this is the direction an expanded NRA would go, and I don't know for a fact that it is. Have to wait and see.
Also, be honest, what's the REAL reason CCW laws sprang up in almost all of the states in roughly a small 15 year slice of our country's 235 year history? It's because the violent crime rate in the early to mid 1990's was at an HISTORIC all time high. It was unbelievable. Law enforcement simply couldn't protect everyone. CCW laws helped bring the crime rate down, but if concerted efforts had been made to discourage the growth of a criminal class in America over the last 40 years, the crime rates never would've gone up in the first place. Something to ponder.