GCO is a pro-gun group with a dangerous agenda . . .

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Crime in the United States, for every time in 1999 that someone used a handgun to kill in self-defense, 48 people died in handgun homicides.
Wow. You don't have to KILL someone with a handgun to defend yourself.
 
I like this - it shows the author's mode of thinking:

But guns in parks would likely cause more crimes than prevent them.

So as examples she cites:

A few years after the young mother and her baby were murdered, 4-year-old Trevon Wilson was shot through the heart as he rode his bicycle in another Clayton park, caught in the crossfire of warring gangs.

Ah so... :scrutiny:

There is no difference between a law-abiding citizen with a state-issued permit to carry a concealed weapon and (1) an unknown murder who killed a young mother and her baby, and (2) warring gang members that killed a 4 year-old that got caught in their crossfire.

All of the killings mentioned above might have been prevented by an armed citizen. But because of her thinking (and Georgia law) none were present. Neither apparently were police officers. It is gun-control advocates that turn public parks into killing zones - not those that carry weapons with the state's permission.
 
These people need to know that just because someone holds a permit and carries a gun, they don't all of the sudden become homicidal because the want to throw a frisbee or have a picnic in a park...

I was at my foster sons' football in a park here in CT last night and I shot nobody.

Actually I believe that places like parks, and public gatherings are places you would hope to have law abiding citizens carrying...
 
they tried to do the exact same thing here in Tucson a few years ago it was found to be in violation of the states constitution funny part is it was our Governor who proposed it and had the laws put into effect only to have to rescind everything. Now we are working on a law requiring businesses that want to not allow guns on their premises to have to provide secure weapons lockers before they can post any such signs so people aren't having to leave guns in vehicles etc.. its looking like it will happen in the next year...
 
Why can't either side compromise? Start buy making it lawful for CHL holders to carry in all those places. Then you can work on open carry by CHL holders...in all those places, then...:D

At least in TX they already have the verbiage for unlawful carrying of a weapon blah, blah, blah signs. Other states must too. Why can't they just use them?
 
Rino, actually it surprised me when I first saw those signs in TX, I run outa the DFW quite a bit when running onea the road trucks, here in AZ ya seldom if ever see any restrictions to carry etc... and an employee of any business cannot restrict you if no sign posted only the manager can ask ya to leave but here in Tucson I have yet to have any place ask me to leave I usually don't even bother concealing any of the sidearms I carry I don't drive cars at all only bikes I usually just carry an XD 40 Tactical or a Taurus mil pro PT145 or onea my 1911s when on the Harley with just a T-Shirt sometimes if its not to hot a blue denim shirt untucked.... The local its VERY common to see sidearms carried openly in the Area Walmarts Home depots etc...

Now Phoenix its getting less common and ya do see more signs but then most of the refugees from Calif. get that far and stop many of em are tryin to push their liberal notions and beliefs on folks in the area but get further south and they are simply invited to keep on rollin east right on down I-10 we figure we'd rather export em to New Mexico and Texas :)
 
Why should we allow concealed carry weapons permit holders to carry in parks?

That’s an easy one but the hard truth of the matter is that parks, like almost every other public venue nowadays have become more dangerous for citizens to frequent and to have a good time in.

Local ordinances, when they are written are done so to control a perceived threat to the prevailing public safety. As far as I know, law-abiding citizens like myself, who carry concealed weapons are the last group of people that government should be concerned about. To qualify to legally carry a concealed weapon, one must first be a law abiding citizen without a criminal felony record and after that be confident and comfortable with the idea of actually carrying a weapon. Most people that I know, which includes members of my family just don’t have that kind of confidence and that’s okay but for some of us who believe in personal self defense, there is no practical substitute.

I live in Decatur, which is in Dekalb County. I have personally never had a problem with law enforcement or park authorities within my county about carrying weapons, but other people that I know personally have run into problems with regards to their right to legally carry.

The authorities should be more concerned about the predators both 2 and 4 legged who have attacked and killed innocent people in parks like Jordan and Whitney Land who were victims of a violent carjacking in 1999. They(mother and young daughter) were shot, killed and mutilated by a violent predator who committed the act in parks(located in Clayton and Gwinnett counties) that prohibited the concealed carry of weapons. There are other numerous examples of violent attacks in parks or along running trails such as the Silver Comet Trail; incidents such as mountain lion attacks in California and black bears rummaging through peoples homes in New Jersey and while those incidents are human animal encounters; the basic threat to human life is the same and as such law abiding citizens who choose to protect themselves and their families from bodily harm with a concealed weapon while enjoying the amenities of our parks should be allowed to do so without fear of any kind of legal or civil sanction being brought against them for exercising a constitutionally guaranteed civil right.
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They contacted me at lunch time to have it done by four; it was short and to the point and I included as much input from my fellow members of GACarry.org as I could before the deadline.
 
I live in Alpharetta and the AJC is a lost cause all the way around. I have lived in other major cities (New Orleans, Houston, Dallas, Tampa) and the AJC is overall the most pathetic excuse for a paper I have ever seen. Last time I was in Dallas it just struck me just how varied and INTELLIGENT and diverse were the range of articles versus the DUMBED DOWN MONOTHEISM wrap the AJC is. Thank god for the internet where you have a vast range of news to get a picture of the REAL world. Sorry I am having fun with the CAP key today.

I too am always amazed there is no distinction between white hat and black hat characters in the anti mind. They will never reach their nirvana delusion that only sheep dog benevolent police are armed. Well that is the dream of the really dumb ones. The smart anti is a dishonest creature that knows gun control has nothing to do with crime control. Well that is not entirely correct. Anyone who does not share their thoughts is a criminal so I guess it is crime control in their minds too.
 
As I read that the aroma of the southern end of a northbound bull filled the air. :evil:
 
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