Texas Get's D- Grade from Brady Bunch...

[glirette]

Didn’t know it was complicated, seemed easy to me. What is Florida’s like? Truth be known, I’d just as soon do away with the licensing thing completely. You breathe, you can carry works for me.

The training itself is not complicated but the trainers need to be state certified and must travel to Austin every 2 years to maintain certification.

As only a Texas resident who wants a CHL it is ok. But consider that you are an NRA instructor who stays very up on the laws and so forth, you still have to take a full day course to get a TX CHL.

I think that training is great but Texas has a very strict CHL law in comparison to many states.

Florida is very simple, for more details look here.


Link to my Florida training page

 

[BudS]

TX vs. AL

Texas only got a D- while my state of Alabama got an F...but, let's see, it was reported today that Texas led the nation in executing death-row inmates last year- something like 47- while Alabama only executed two last year.

If the ACLU weighed in, Texas would've gotten an F and Alabama would have only gotten a C for mistreating those POOR felons...GACK!

(projectile puking here)

Force your state politicians into getting YOUR state an F! Proud Alabamian here.

And, by the way, open carry in Alabama is legal in some areas...and yes I do. Check into your state's Criminal Code to see the "don'ts", then do what is not a "don't"!

Of the people I encounter who know I CCW and open-carry, none have a problem, all are comfortable with my decision. Haven't gone face-to-face with a LEO, however. I just behave & no one says a word.

"Proud to be an F!"

 

[Drizzt]

The Associated Press State & Local Wire


January 7, 2003, Tuesday, BC cycle


1:05 PM Eastern Time

SECTION: State and Regional

LENGTH: 466 words

HEADLINE: Gun control advocacy groups gives Maine an "F" for gun laws

BYLINE: By CLARKE CANFIELD, Associated Press Writer

DATELINE: PORTLAND, Maine

BODY:
A national gun control advocacy group has given Maine an "F" for having laws that it says fail to protect children from gun violence.

In the sixth annual analysis of state gun-control laws, the Washington-based Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence said Maine was one of eight states to receive a failing grade.

The report said Maine ranked low because of lax laws regarding the sale or possession of guns by children, and no requirement for safety locks on guns. The report gave six states an "A" for having laws that it said protect children from violence. Cathie Whittenburg, executive director of the Maine Citizens Against Handgun Violence, said Maine's laws make it easy for children to own or possess guns.

She said a person as young as 16 can legally purchase a gun in Maine, and that state law does not set a minimum age for gun possession.

"What kind of message are we sending when we say a 16-year-old can buy a handgun?" Whittenburg said. "To me, that's not an age of responsibility for a handgun."

Kelly Whitley, a spokeswoman for the National Rifle Association in Fairfax, Va., said the report doesn't link gun control laws with crime rates. She said Maine's low crime rate - the FBI ranked Maine the fifth-safest state in 2001 - is more telling than its gun laws.

"If having one of the lowest violent crime rates in the county garners an F, then Maine should be proud of its grade," Whitley said.

The Brady Campaign, formerly known as Handgun Control Inc., ranked states on seven types of legislation that it says protect children from gun violence. They include laws regarding juvenile possession of guns, gun sales to juveniles, gun storage, gun owner accountability and concealed weapons statutes.

The report said the average firearms death rate of youth in the states that received an "F" grade was 33 percent higher than the rate for the 10 states that received an "A" or "B."

Sarah Brady, chairwoman of the Brady Campaign, said it is up to individual states to pass stricter gun control laws because Congress has failed to do so on the national level.

"It has fallen to governors and state legislatures to take up the mantle of child safety and pass laws to protect our kids from gun violence," she said in a statement.

Whitley called the Brady Campaign "politically inconsequential" and said the report is nothing more than an attempt to get attention.

"This study is a fruitless attempt to stay alive when the vast majority of Americans believe in protecting the Second Amendment and the rights of gun owners," she said.

The report gave failing grades to Alabama, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Montana and Wyoming. California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts and New Jersey each received an "A" grade.

 

[ahenry]

I so ashamed that Maine got a “better†grade that Texas did. How depressing.

 

[Yanus]

I'm so depressed.............. I had such high hopes for my beloved Texas to get a "perfect" score of "F".

I think I will consume a couple of adult beverages this evening in reflection of this sad turn of events.... (snif, snif)

Yanus

 

[Freedspeak]

Firemedic,

Hey, at least we're doing better. We went from a C- to D+, at least it's the right direction.

 

[OF]

'F' for Maine! Neener neener!

- Gabe

 

[Slotback]

I want us to get a F from the Brady Bunch!

 

[Drizzt]

State Gun Law Report Cards
The Brady Campaign

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence united with the Million Mom March, and in partnership with independent state gun violence prevention groups, highlighted the progress made in its efforts to protect children from gun violence.

Research from the Centers for Disease Control shows an encouraging decrease in the number of children killed by guns. However, while some states have successfully strengthened their gun laws and blocked efforts by the gun lobby to weaken existing laws, a number of states continue to drag their feet on gun safety measures, putting children in danger.

The report cards provide a resource for understanding how well or how poorly each state has worked toward the goal of preventing gun violence. The state report cards addressed the following:

The status of state action on:
-Sale/transfer of guns to juveniles
-Safe storage and gun owner accountability
-Childproof guns and gun safety design standards
-The Brady Background Check at gun shows
-Carrying concealed weapons (CCW)
-Local government authority to regulate guns
-Rates of child gun deaths
-Gun trafficking: Problem states that affect the rest of the nation.
-Actions that each state should take to prevent gun violence and improve its grade.

Eleven states won Sensible Safety Stars for protecting children from gun violence last year. Sensible Safety Star states heeded the concern of their residents by resisting efforts to weaken common sense laws and by enacting laws that protect children from guns.

Unfortunately, once again 29 states received grades of D or F in this year's report card. Not surprisingly, many of these states have child and teen firearm death rates that are higher than the national average. For example, the average firearms death rate of youth in the eight states that received an F grade was 33 percent higher than the average firearms death rate for the 10 states that received an A or a B.

Since the Brady Campaign began grading state gun laws six years ago, the number of young people killed by guns nationwide has dropped from an average of 16 per day to eight (based on the most recent available data). During the same period, the Centers for Disease Control reported a 48 percent reduction in the firearms death rate per 100,000 children and teens.

State Grade State Grade
Alabama F Montana F
Alaska D- Nebraska B-
Arizona D* Nevada D
Arkansas D New Hampshire D+
California A-* New Jersey A-*
Colorado C-* New Mexico D+*
Connecticut A-* New York B+
Delaware C North Carolina C
Florida D+ North Dakota D
Georgia D Ohio D+
Hawaii A- Oklahoma D-
Idaho F+ Oregon C-
Illinois B+ Pennsylvania D+
Indiana D- Rhode Island B-
Iowa C+ South Carolina C-*
Kansas C+ South Dakota D
Kentucky F Tennessee D+
Louisiana F Texas D-
Maine F Utah D-
Maryland A Vermont D-
Massachusetts A- Virginia C-
Michigan D+ Washington D+
Minnesota C+* West Virginia D
Mississippi F Wisconsin C+*
Missouri C* Wyoming F

* Denotes a Sensible Safety Star for 2002

http://www.kgwn.tv/home/headlines/173896.html

 

[JoshM]

Illinois gets a B+. Considering the FOID card I thought that they would be an A.

Imagine if CCW reform in Ohio [currently D+], Missouri [C], Minnesota [C+], and Wisconsin [C+] was successful, it would really bring the grades down.

Looking through the Brady grading system I'm guessing my country would be either a B- or C+.

I shudder to think what Brady would grade the UK as, A+ with extra credit.