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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/12/2012 2:50 PM, Sunil Ramalingam
wrote:<br>
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--></style>But I've heard the argument made at CCW classes that it's
responsible people who apply for such permits and who actually
carry legally. While I generally agree that most people with
permits are law-abiding, the fact is that there isn't any
fool-proof way to make sure that only people who will use weapons
responsibly will actually receive such permits. <br>
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What is the justification for issuing a concealed carry permit with
a duration of five years (60 months)? Why would not a duration of 60
days, or even 60 hours, be more appropriate? If some real and
specific situation exists with a high probability of requiring use
of deadly force over all other possible problem resolution methods,
why are not agencies and organizations other than the individual
involved in resolving the problem without deadly force?<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I say this as someone who supports such permits.
But I don't think that the training you need to get one in any
way makes the average permit holder capable of taking on someone
like the guy in Aurora and stopping him; I think that's just a
fantasy.<br>
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Training is one thing. Fear and psychological instabilities are
another. If someone is so scared of indeterminate bad guys, bogey
men, and actual neighborhood criminals, why are not these fears, and
why are not these neighborhood criminals being addressed as the
causes of the fears, rather than issuing an inexpensive legal
placebo in the form of a long-term concealed carry permit?<br>
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Ken<br>
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