Because unless you can afford to buy a gun, ammunition, lessons and practice at shooting galleries, the entire recommendation of the NRA is mute.
Just because I own a gun, I cannot act as a police officer.
Concealed Carry allows me to protect myself if I am attacked, it does not allow me to act as a law enforcement officer.
If I witness a mugging of a little old lady as I am jogging through a park, Concealed Carry does not provide permission for me to confront the attacker(s) and 'take them down.' I can act. No one can stop me from being a hero if I have that capacity, but, if I am Conceal Carrying a gun in the park that does not give me the right to stop crime. That is especially true if the others are unarmed even though they are committing a crime.
This is what is so tragic and true about Tayvon Martin's death. It is why the police stated to the shooter do not confront the suspect. The shooter is not authorized to act as a law enforcement officer simply because the Police Union doesn't allow it. The law doesn't allow it. No one can act as a vigilante in the USA.
The NRA acts on myth. Complete myth. This country's social contract with personal safety is compromised in horrible realities because of MYTH. Concealed Carry doesn't work. It just doesn't work. That is why I stated professionals such lawyers have legitimate reasons to Conceal Carry. My son and his spouse work and travel that could meet with confrontation. They Conceal Carry for a very real reason. They don't own or carry assault weapons because it is not realistic to do so.
They practice. They take lessons. My son destroyed an expensive watch at one of his lessons because he took it off and put it in his breast pocket while at instructions. The lesson that day was to defend himself at point blank range when removing his weapon from his shoulder harness under his jacket. The close proximity of the 'kick back' of the gun destroyed the watch. The concussion of the power of the 'kick back' absolutely turned the METAL watch into pieces in his pocket. This is the dedication Concealed Carry demands.
Regardless, of the ideology, the practical application of the NRA recommendations is not at all based in reality.
Can you afford to carry a gun? Can you afford to purchase one? Can you afford to take lessons for Concealed Carry? Can you afford the practice sessions to insure you are an effective gun owner when you Conceal Carry? Can you make that gun work for your benefit?
But, more than that, can you insure you will never have your guns used against you or anyone else?
There is a very serious discussion a gun owner has to have with him or herself before going down this road.
Concealed Carry does not work to protect the people of the USA. It is not an answer to the issue of "Too many guns on the street."
Does anyone actually believe if the adults at the elementary school in Connecticut were empowered by Concealed Carry it would have worked against the shooter with powerful weapons and the will to kill? He shot through a locked and secure door.
He killed himself. We don't even know if the police, once they arrived, could have stopped him. That was true at Columbine.
In the article where four people died at a church, there were three officers wounded before the shooter could be stopped.
The discussion about guns in the USA needs to change to empower the people to understand how hideous their reality is today and how completely stupid Republicans are in acting as puppets to the NRA.
GET OVER IT.
Concealed Carry gives people a fighting chance. It is not an answer to gun violence in a culture of violence.
Concealed Carry in the general public is a marketing technique. The interstate commerce of guns has nothing to do with personal safety, it is a Wall Street priority to stop local gun owners from selling what Wall Street can sell. Will a Wall Street company like Cabela's 'be there' to give advise, provide a link to reality for gun purchasers or UNDERSTAND who they are selling to? No. Walmart is selling to strangers, not people they know. They have no skin in the game, except, profits to stockholders and CEOs. The more liberal the gun laws the higher the profits.
Just because I own a gun, I cannot act as a police officer.
Concealed Carry allows me to protect myself if I am attacked, it does not allow me to act as a law enforcement officer.
If I witness a mugging of a little old lady as I am jogging through a park, Concealed Carry does not provide permission for me to confront the attacker(s) and 'take them down.' I can act. No one can stop me from being a hero if I have that capacity, but, if I am Conceal Carrying a gun in the park that does not give me the right to stop crime. That is especially true if the others are unarmed even though they are committing a crime.
This is what is so tragic and true about Tayvon Martin's death. It is why the police stated to the shooter do not confront the suspect. The shooter is not authorized to act as a law enforcement officer simply because the Police Union doesn't allow it. The law doesn't allow it. No one can act as a vigilante in the USA.
The NRA acts on myth. Complete myth. This country's social contract with personal safety is compromised in horrible realities because of MYTH. Concealed Carry doesn't work. It just doesn't work. That is why I stated professionals such lawyers have legitimate reasons to Conceal Carry. My son and his spouse work and travel that could meet with confrontation. They Conceal Carry for a very real reason. They don't own or carry assault weapons because it is not realistic to do so.
They practice. They take lessons. My son destroyed an expensive watch at one of his lessons because he took it off and put it in his breast pocket while at instructions. The lesson that day was to defend himself at point blank range when removing his weapon from his shoulder harness under his jacket. The close proximity of the 'kick back' of the gun destroyed the watch. The concussion of the power of the 'kick back' absolutely turned the METAL watch into pieces in his pocket. This is the dedication Concealed Carry demands.
Regardless, of the ideology, the practical application of the NRA recommendations is not at all based in reality.
Can you afford to carry a gun? Can you afford to purchase one? Can you afford to take lessons for Concealed Carry? Can you afford the practice sessions to insure you are an effective gun owner when you Conceal Carry? Can you make that gun work for your benefit?
But, more than that, can you insure you will never have your guns used against you or anyone else?
There is a very serious discussion a gun owner has to have with him or herself before going down this road.
Concealed Carry does not work to protect the people of the USA. It is not an answer to the issue of "Too many guns on the street."
Does anyone actually believe if the adults at the elementary school in Connecticut were empowered by Concealed Carry it would have worked against the shooter with powerful weapons and the will to kill? He shot through a locked and secure door.
He killed himself. We don't even know if the police, once they arrived, could have stopped him. That was true at Columbine.
In the article where four people died at a church, there were three officers wounded before the shooter could be stopped.
The discussion about guns in the USA needs to change to empower the people to understand how hideous their reality is today and how completely stupid Republicans are in acting as puppets to the NRA.
GET OVER IT.
Concealed Carry gives people a fighting chance. It is not an answer to gun violence in a culture of violence.
Concealed Carry in the general public is a marketing technique. The interstate commerce of guns has nothing to do with personal safety, it is a Wall Street priority to stop local gun owners from selling what Wall Street can sell. Will a Wall Street company like Cabela's 'be there' to give advise, provide a link to reality for gun purchasers or UNDERSTAND who they are selling to? No. Walmart is selling to strangers, not people they know. They have no skin in the game, except, profits to stockholders and CEOs. The more liberal the gun laws the higher the profits.
