Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Open Carry Law -- Wisconsin

Within the last six months, here in Wisconsin, there has been a number of people that have expressed their legal right to "Openly Carry a Firearm", as long as it is outside a certain radius allotted to certain venues. There was a case recently where a man was wearing his gun on his hip on his own property, the neighbors called the cops and he was cited for disorderly conduct and his gun confiscated.
I have had a passion for gun's my whole life, I was brought up around gun's, as my dad has always been an avid hunter and outdoorsman. That passion that I have therefore spills over into our Right to Bear Arms, the 2nd Amendment.
It seems very much so that the best way to solve the issue of "Open Carry Law's" is to adopt a "Concealed Carry Law", legalizing licensed citizens of Wisconsin to carry a concealed weapon. I say that concealed carry is the cure to the issues that have risen, due to the out-coming of open-carry law's legalizing open-carry in Wisconsin, because open-carry accomplishes two negatives: 1. It allows any legal citizen, under the laws of WI open-carry, to openly carry a firearm without any proper training or licensing, and 2. It scares individuals and causes panic when they see someone carrying a gun in public. How do pro concealed carry law's solve these issues?
In order to obtain a concealed carry permit an individual must go through intense background checks, and upon passing those test's that person must enroll in a concealed carry training program, which generally last the better part of two-to-three days, when they come out of training they have the necessary skills to safely handle themselves in any situation involving firearms. That takes care of problem 1 listed above.
To solve problem 2, the idea of concealed carry is just that, CONCEALED. An individual is able to walk right down the street, all the while carrying a firearm on them, and not a single person would ever know. This would eliminate any panic that is caused by open-carry.
There are some that argue against it on the basis that concealed carry makes it easier for people to buy guns, that is bogus, if anything it only makes it harder. Not only is your name now in the government system for being able to own a gun, it is now in the system for being able to concealed carry a gun, and guess what? You have done it LEGALLY. If a criminal is going to carry a weapon they are going to carry it whether it is legal or not. Allowing people to protect themselves against such criminals is a natural right that should be recognized by all state governments. I would like to know what your opinion on this is!

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