-=> Quoting Steve Gunhouse to Guy Putnam <=-
 GP> On Concealed Carry 
 
 GP> by L. Neil Smith
 
 
 GP> A license_government permission_to carry a concealed weapon
 GP> is nothing but
 GP> the latest kind of gun control, the latest kind of groveling.
 GP> There's no way to euphemize it; there's no way to excuse it. It
 GP> isn't necessary: nobody needs the government's permission to
 GP> carry a weapon, concealed or otherwise. And it's illegal under
 GP> the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution for
 GP> government, at any level, to require it. That's right, it's
 GP> illegal; and it's a primary goal of the Libertarian Second
 GP> Amendment Caucus to jail those in government, elected or
 GP> otherwise, who obstruct the Bill of Rights in any way. 
 
 SG> In all honesty, there is only one comment ...
 SG> "It is easier to seek forgiveness than permission!"
 SG> In our state, prior to the existence of the licensing system
 SG> forgiveness was common. If you were caught carrying but were otherwise
 SG> reasonable,  they wouldn't even charge you. 
I got a carry permit myself, so I wouldn't get busted.  I don't even
consider it "permission," but more like a bribe.  In a place like Mexico,
you just pay the cops off when they catch you.  You can even "bargan" over
the price of the bribe, just like buying something at the market.
However, here in Texas, our government employees are more sophisticated. 
You pay your bribes up front, directly to the state police.  Though I'm
glad we finally have a permit system, the article I posted is quite true. 
We need to not lose sight of that, just because we get by on bribes.  Its
time we work to change it to "no permit necessary."  This is the way it
should be in all states, not a nationwide CHL.
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