-=> Quoting Guy Putnam to All on 27 Aug 96  00:36 <=-
 Re: CCW & NRA 
 GP> On Concealed Carry and the NRA
 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. 

In all honesty, there is only one comment ...
"It is easier to seek forgiveness than permission!"
In our state, prior to the existence of the licensing system forgiveness 
was common. If you were caught carrying but were otherwise reasonable, 
they wouldn't even charge you. Now that permission is possible, 
forgiveness may be more difficult (at this point, no one will say). But 
it's certainly possible that by making permission possible, they hope to
do away with forgiveness. :-(
Steve
... But if we LEGALIZE it, we can't take your HOUSE!
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