I've emailed the honorable Governor Dayton 3 times in the last two weeks urging him to not veto what the peoples representatives have chosen to advance to him in hf 1467. I have not received a reply to any of my e-mails urging him to not handicap law abiding citizens by vetoing this bill.
The same dog and pony show that law enforcement used to voice their objection to the concealed carry bill is being trotted out again for this house file and it just doesn't hold water. There is available a body of evidence the antis can't argue with concerning concealed carry and the bloodthirsty citizens of Minnesota, they choose to ignore that evidence and instead dramatize what they "think" could happen if this bill becomes law.
One of the few problems legally armed citizens have had with law enforcement is that incident in one of the suburbs when that off duty undercover cop provoked a road rage incident with a law abiding citizen then without announcing he was a cop pulled his sidearm and pointed it at the family in the other car which prompted the citizen to shoot the cop!
It would seem that law enforcement is the ones the antis should be worried about. I haven't heard a single cop mention that incident when he's voicing his concern against this bill. The author or one of the supporters of this bill is currently a cop and he has stated this law will not put officers in harms way at all, at least from law abiding citizens!
If the governor vetoes this he is just delaying the inevitable, and is setting himself up to be a one timer. All due respect to law enforcement they should be worried about criminals not legally armed citizens. What scares me most in this country is when the police "read" (government) think they are the only citizens that should be allowed to carry and use deadly force in response to a brutal attack on another citizen.
And the politicians that we elect AGREE WITH THEM !
PS. call or e-mail your representatives and tell them to pass this bill!!
The same dog and pony show that law enforcement used to voice their objection to the concealed carry bill is being trotted out again for this house file and it just doesn't hold water. There is available a body of evidence the antis can't argue with concerning concealed carry and the bloodthirsty citizens of Minnesota, they choose to ignore that evidence and instead dramatize what they "think" could happen if this bill becomes law.
One of the few problems legally armed citizens have had with law enforcement is that incident in one of the suburbs when that off duty undercover cop provoked a road rage incident with a law abiding citizen then without announcing he was a cop pulled his sidearm and pointed it at the family in the other car which prompted the citizen to shoot the cop!
It would seem that law enforcement is the ones the antis should be worried about. I haven't heard a single cop mention that incident when he's voicing his concern against this bill. The author or one of the supporters of this bill is currently a cop and he has stated this law will not put officers in harms way at all, at least from law abiding citizens!
If the governor vetoes this he is just delaying the inevitable, and is setting himself up to be a one timer. All due respect to law enforcement they should be worried about criminals not legally armed citizens. What scares me most in this country is when the police "read" (government) think they are the only citizens that should be allowed to carry and use deadly force in response to a brutal attack on another citizen.
And the politicians that we elect AGREE WITH THEM !
PS. call or e-mail your representatives and tell them to pass this bill!!
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