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Originally Posted by JerzyIroc
I really don't understand the big need to carry a weapon during everyday normal life. The Red Coats aren't gonna come again... lol jk. Seriously though. In smaller towns this may not be too big of an issue. In the cities it will. I just got off the phone with a friend of mine who is a cop in Jersey City and he's freaking out about this bill passing. What Al said is almost exactly what my friend said. He's always on edge, his district doesnt really make him feel any better either. But still, you never know who's got a gun or not. And at least before if you see a gun either in the car or on the person you can safely assume its not for good. Well what about now? As a cop you dont have much time to make decisions. Now he's gotta take into account that the person may be able to carry it legally. It would be very foolish to think that every person who would have the license to carry and actually carry is a top notch citizen. If you think that as a cop, you're dead. You HAVE to be pessimistic almost all the time. The more I think about it the more im actually iffy about this bill. The right to own a gun is our constitutional right. But carrying the gun around like a wallet, i dunno.
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Well then how do the cops feel in big cities in other states that already have carry laws for years. Like Mami or Houston, etc. I think the criminal would be more on edge because they would not know who has a gun.
I do think that the person who is alowed to carry one should be looked at close, but its still our right. On top of the training courses and background checks and such maybe the person should be checked out every other year or something like that, maybe make them qualify like the police have to. Just my opinion.