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All CHL holders go through a complete criminal background check and must provide evidence of having had gun safety training. Criminal sorts do not bother to get permits. Although it may well have happened you do not hear about CHL holders committing crimes using guns. That would be a story the media would surely cover.

CHL holders go to the trouble to get permits so that they can protect themselves or others if the need arises. Police can only do so much to protect a community. They cannot be everywhere at once.

I don't want my CHL information made public for several reasons.
1) I wouldn't advertise that I had a million dollars sitting on my
kitchen table. I do not want people to be aware that there is a gun
to be stolen.
2) I don't want people I know or work with to be worried about the
presence of a gun. Out of respect for others, I do not take my weapon
into people's homes without their knowledge.
3) I don't want special interest groups on either side of the gun control
issue to have the ability to contact me.
4) I don't want marketers to put me on their lists.
5) I am somewhat concerned that lawyer/political types could involve CHL
holders in who knows what kind of legal/political shenanigans.

I see no reason why the NUMBER of active permits should not be a matter of public record and available for any one asks. I cannot come up with any valid reason why anyone would need to know WHO has a permit. I very much appreciate the Sheriffs departments making a united effort to protect our privacy.

Bottom line, I consider the ability to carry conceled to be a right as well as a privilage that can be taken from me for various reasons that are made clear in the permit application process. I choose to carry for personal reasons and the fact that I do so is my business and no one elses. I found it to be absolutely amazing that the court determined that there was no evidence that people get permits for personal protection. Well, we sure don't get them so we can go hunting and surprise the critters!!!

posted 3 years, 5 months ago
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