The Cellar - View Single Post - Concealed Weapons and the Missouri Constitution

xoxoxoBruce · 10-26-2003, 02:15 PM

Gantt added the clause prohibiting concealed carry when Jesse James was running wild. Open carry was a given and if you didn't see a weapon you could assume the (wo)man was unarmed. Having a weapon concealed was sneaky and despicable.
Times have changed, and open carry is frowned upon. Therefore the thugs have carte blanche to prey on an unarmed public. Just having a law that permits concealed carry makes the thugs think twice, because you never know who's armed. Forced civility?
I'm not naive enough to think this law will solve the crime problem or that there might not be a shooting that wouldn't have occurred had the law not been passed. I do believe however, the good points outweigh the bad, significantly.
The second part of the law to allow concealed carry in a motor vehicle is also important. Example- I'm going some place with a weapon. I stop for lunch or at WalMart and don't want or can't take the weapon inside. Leaving a weapon in the vehicle, in plain sight, is crazy. Driving around with it on the seat, unsecured, is not a smart move either because in a crash it's a hunk of metal flying around. So the best option is in the glove box or trunk.

10-26-2003, 02:15 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Gantt added the clause prohibiting concealed carry when Jesse James was running wild. Open carry was a given and if you didn't see a weapon you could assume the (wo)man was unarmed. Having a weapon concealed was sneaky and despicable. Times have changed, and open carry is frowned upon. Therefore the thugs have carte blanche to prey on an unarmed public. Just having a law that permits concealed carry makes the thugs think twice, because you never know who's armed. Forced civility? I'm not naive enough to think this law will solve the crime problem or that there might not be a shooting that wouldn't have occurred had the law not been passed. I do believe however, the good points outweigh the bad, significantly. The second part of the law to allow concealed carry in a motor vehicle is also important. Example- I'm going some place with a weapon. I stop for lunch or at WalMart and don't want or can't take the weapon inside. Leaving a weapon in the vehicle, in plain sight, is crazy. Driving around with it on the seat, unsecured, is not a smart move either because in a crash it's a hunk of metal flying around. So the best option is in the glove box or trunk. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.