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I wish I had as much free time as you.  Looking up people with weapons permits, trying to find out where they live, and getting to know their faces so you know when to cross the street seems like a lot of leg work.  Just joking.

Someone is NOT more likely to shoot someone accidentally than they are going to use that weapon to prevent a crime in their house.  But you ARE more likely to hear about the accidental shooting on the news.  Crime statistics, like all statistics, are easily manipulated to prove anyones point of view is correct.  

The fact of the matter is that it won't matter if these peoples names become public record.  You will not know who they are on the street and I can garauntee that you have already been in the same place with someone who was carrying a concealed weapon and didn't even know it.  

posted 2 years, 11 months ago
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