“There’s a reason law enforcement officers overwhelmingly oppose permitless carry: it makes their jobs harder and puts their lives – and the lives of the people they’re sworn to protect – on the line,” said Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action. [More]
So Shannon is complaining about making it harder on trigger-heavy racists who disproportionately kill blacks...?
[Via Jess]
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"Called ‘constitutional carry’ or ‘permitless carry’, the bills have been criticized by police and activists who say removing permits poses a safety risk."
What a lot of baloney! Think of this as a 2x2 matrix of encounters with four types of people. There are those who have a government-issued permission slip for the carrying of firearms and are carrying a firearm, and some who do not have a firearm. There are those who do not have a government-issued permission slip for the carrying of firearms and are carrying a firearm, and some who do not have a firearm. As a LEO or similar, how do you know which of these four types you have encountered? You don't know, so the safe and reasonable assumption is for two out of the four types - carrying a firearm either with or without a government-issued permission slip. If the firearm is well concealed and/or never introduced as a factor, then you, the LEO, are possibly safe. If there is a government-issued permission slip for the carrying of firearms then you are possibly also safe, as it has been determined that those people are more law-abiding than the average LEO. When you encounter someone who has a firearm in hand and is pointing it at you, then the status of whether or not they have a government-issued permission slip for the carrying of firearms is irrelevant.
It also makes LEOs' jobs harder when citizens assert their right to remain silent, insist on a warrant, refuse to have their cars searched, demand a lawyer during questioning, or record a cop's public activities. That's precisely what rights are FOR, you feckless, addled bint.
"What it means to take rights seriously is that one will honor them even when there is significant social cost in doing so."
--SANFORD LEVINSON
There seems to be a widespread assumption that the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution to make government agents' jobs easier.
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