We have a few new laws that are going into effect at the end of this month. One law is misunderstood.
It is the one allowing firearms into establishments that serve alcoholic beverages. This allows concealed carry permit holders only to bring a weapon into a business that serves food and alcohol. The person legally carrying the weapon is not allowed to drink an alcoholic beverage.
It is the person who does not have the training to handle a firearm and does not have a permit to carry a weapon who is a problem. These folks who are carrying weapons of all sorts into these places and do not obey rules, regulations or laws are the people you have to worry about, not me. I am the one who is going to stop the crazed gunman who walks into a public place with a semiautomatic rifle or handgun and for some unknown, insane reason starts killing and maiming innocent folks. It has happened in schools, churches, restaurants and other diverse places.
I hope, if I am in a public place and a lunatic starts shooting folks, that there are others like me who will jump up and stop the killing. Please do not fear my fellow C.C.W. permit holders or me. Many of us have been in the military service or in city, county or state government, where we have had to carry and use weapons.
Thomas L. Hart Jr.
Safford



Comments
17 comment(s)hey bwana wrote on Nov 2, 2009 7:59 PM:
bwana wrote on Nov 1, 2009 3:33 PM:
Git yer gun son....Them dammed county liberals is stealing from Lorren Behmlander! Y'all circle the wagons and to heck with the lawyers! "
stevo wrote on Oct 30, 2009 11:18 AM:
DMiller wrote on Oct 28, 2009 2:33 AM:
Russ wrote on Oct 22, 2009 4:09 PM:
Russ wrote on Oct 22, 2009 1:20 PM:
bwana wrote on Oct 22, 2009 10:50 AM:
Don't take my word for it, read one of the personal self defense books written by Massad Ayoob if you don't believe me.
Don't be a hero on my account, I can handle myself and anyone else that gets violent towards me or my family. Guns, knives, bare hands, I have trained in all that...Just because I don't talk about it like a macho poser, doesn't mean that I'm soft. "
OldSchool wrote on Oct 21, 2009 11:43 PM:
There's plenty of humor to be found in the world around you. Even with those darn right-wing nut jobs like me that enjoy guns and appreciate the ability to shoot back when a crack head decides to bust a cap. Hopefully some crazy redneck with a concealed weapons permit can keep you from being a statistic someday. "
eneaz wrote on Oct 21, 2009 2:48 PM:
bwana wrote on Oct 21, 2009 8:43 AM:
OldSchool wrote on Oct 21, 2009 2:53 AM:
I.e., that law maintains that if you injure someone while performing CPR, the state will protect you from prosecution.
CPR...protecting unarmed citizens... where's the difference? "
bwana wrote on Oct 20, 2009 4:24 PM:
owlafaye wrote on Oct 19, 2009 7:13 PM:
AKA Dora wrote on Oct 19, 2009 12:16 PM:
Alex wrote on Oct 19, 2009 7:03 AM:
I hope smoking is not allowed because that would be dangerous. "
OldSchool wrote on Oct 19, 2009 3:40 AM:
Criminals prefer unarmed victims.
If a burglar suspects you might have a gun and intend to shoot back, he'll probably think twice. Robbing people isn't as fun when you're getting shot at. "
Silence Dogood wrote on Oct 18, 2009 2:11 PM: