Here is a draft I am considering sending to the leading legislator in our state that is pro CCW. Any thoughts or feedback would be appreciated.
"(elected official),
Esteemed Sir
Hello, my name is (of course me). I live, and work in Wichita, Kansas. I currently work in the security field, and while I am not a LEO, often times it is us, in this capacity, that are first responders. I see the crime in the places I patrol, and the attitudes of the criminals living in our community. Currently the Supreme Court of the United States has held that a LEO community cannot be held responsible for personal safety. This, by definition, leaves the burden of the task to me, to provide safety for my family. In order to be on equal ground as the criminals in our community, I am forced to become a criminal myself under Kansas statue.
This is unacceptable. I should not have to lock my family away in a house or be afraid to go certain places, or at certain times simply because the current statue does not allow me the resources to ensure my families safety.
As is current, I hold the state in violation of my civil rights to protect my family, since the police cannot. I would also be compelled to hold the state in accomplice of any such, defendable harm that would occur to them as a result of not allowing me to do what the government cannot. Further I hold that the state has violated my freedom to travel, and to come and go in peace, as we please, as US citizens. We, the people, should not have to live in fear of those that will not obey legislation, and yet we are held captive to the criminals themselves. It is appalling that a state would allow this to continue.
Sir, while I am not in your district, I do believe that you are the best chance of starting change on the CCW law of Kansas that will be broached in the near future. I would like to know when this issue will arise again. Further I would like to know how it is that I may help to ensure that regardless of whom the current Governeour is that this will not be allowed to be vetoed again.
I would be more than happy to provide statistics, results, and any other information on the successes of the other 46 states that have recognized this problem, and addressed the issue.
Return us to the law abiding citizens that we wish only to be. Free to defend our families, our homes, ourselves. I beseech you sir, help us return from the criminal status thrust upon us by lack of legislative vision, and the moral imperative.
It is time once again that our government began to recognize "we the people" (those who abide by the laws, and those who elect officials to represent us), and stop concerning themselves more with the criminals that would prey upon us.
In closing I would like to say thank you for your work on this matter, and your service to our state. I await your response, and look forward to hearing from you soon.
In your service,
Regards;
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However, I choose to carry concealed (both are legal here in NH) for practical reasons.