Concealed-Carry Law Challenged in Utah
"A small town called Virgin, Utah once passed a law requiring that all households have a firearm. Here, an American with a concealed-weapons permit from any state can carry a handgun into a day-care center or an elementary school, and residents once protested a speech by Vice President Dick Cheney because they weren't allowed to bring their weapons," The Christian Science Monitor reports. In "Fighting Back: Crime, Self-Defense, and the Right to Carry a Handgun," attorney Jeffrey Snyder writes that concealed-carry laws have actually reduced violent crimes. "Concealed-carry reform," writes Snyder, "reaffirms the basic idea that citizens have the right to defend themselves against criminal attack. And since criminals can strike almost anywhere at any time, the last thing government ought to be doing is stripping citizens of the most effective means of defending themselves."
I suggest that any who see the above, go to the 5 May CATO, and read the somewhat longish, but interesting piece by Attorney Snyder. Unfortunately, I cannot get mention of the article to come up as a "link" which would take you there directly. Sorry for that. If anyone knows how, let me know, will you.
"A small town called Virgin, Utah once passed a law requiring that all households have a firearm. Here, an American with a concealed-weapons permit from any state can carry a handgun into a day-care center or an elementary school, and residents once protested a speech by Vice President Dick Cheney because they weren't allowed to bring their weapons," The Christian Science Monitor reports. In "Fighting Back: Crime, Self-Defense, and the Right to Carry a Handgun," attorney Jeffrey Snyder writes that concealed-carry laws have actually reduced violent crimes. "Concealed-carry reform," writes Snyder, "reaffirms the basic idea that citizens have the right to defend themselves against criminal attack. And since criminals can strike almost anywhere at any time, the last thing government ought to be doing is stripping citizens of the most effective means of defending themselves."
I suggest that any who see the above, go to the 5 May CATO, and read the somewhat longish, but interesting piece by Attorney Snyder. Unfortunately, I cannot get mention of the article to come up as a "link" which would take you there directly. Sorry for that. If anyone knows how, let me know, will you.
