CajunBass
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Over the weekend, I flew up to the Chicago area to meet my wife's family. We've only been married about five years, so we figued it was time. She drove up the week before, and I flew up to join her Friday.
Since she had to drive through Maryland, and we weren't sure about the CC laws in the other states she'd be driving through she elected to leave her CCW at home (We do know Maryland's.). Since I flew up, I of course couldn't carry even a pocket knife. (I did correct that as soon as I found a Wal-Mart.)
Her family all knows that we're pro 2A people. So the topic came up quite a bit. I was somewhat surprised to find that all of them were pro-gun, as were a couple of her friends. We had interesting discussions about our gun laws here in Virginia, and theirs. They all pointed out the obvious truths, that the bad guys don't seem to have any trouble getting or carrying guns, and not much is done about it when they're caught. They also said they were definately in the minority.
Since we were driving home, we elected to take the longer, slower route, and drive Rt 30 across to hook up with I-81 in Pennsylvania. During the night we stopped at an overnight gas station, and got to talking to an Ohio State Trooper. A Sgt I believe. The talk turned to guns, what he carried, what we carried, the laws in the different states and so on. He told us he fully supported the right of law abiding citizens to carry. As he said, "The bad guys don't worry about permits or laws. They just carry. Why shouldn't law abiding citizens be able to do the same?"
By the way. I gotta say you folks up in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Western Pennsylvania have got some of the prettiest country I've ever seen. Coming from a die hard "Southern Boy" that's quite a compliment.
I think I'll go back.
Since she had to drive through Maryland, and we weren't sure about the CC laws in the other states she'd be driving through she elected to leave her CCW at home (We do know Maryland's.). Since I flew up, I of course couldn't carry even a pocket knife. (I did correct that as soon as I found a Wal-Mart.)
Her family all knows that we're pro 2A people. So the topic came up quite a bit. I was somewhat surprised to find that all of them were pro-gun, as were a couple of her friends. We had interesting discussions about our gun laws here in Virginia, and theirs. They all pointed out the obvious truths, that the bad guys don't seem to have any trouble getting or carrying guns, and not much is done about it when they're caught. They also said they were definately in the minority.
Since we were driving home, we elected to take the longer, slower route, and drive Rt 30 across to hook up with I-81 in Pennsylvania. During the night we stopped at an overnight gas station, and got to talking to an Ohio State Trooper. A Sgt I believe. The talk turned to guns, what he carried, what we carried, the laws in the different states and so on. He told us he fully supported the right of law abiding citizens to carry. As he said, "The bad guys don't worry about permits or laws. They just carry. Why shouldn't law abiding citizens be able to do the same?"
By the way. I gotta say you folks up in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Western Pennsylvania have got some of the prettiest country I've ever seen. Coming from a die hard "Southern Boy" that's quite a compliment.
I think I'll go back.