Gun Solutions not Gun Control

In the wake of the Connecticut school shooting, there is a desire to do something to try to prevent similar types of incidents from occurring again.:  The liberals understand this, and have run with it.:  They have run in the direction that feels good, but has no proof of effectiveness.:  Conservatives have the solution that has been proven everywhere it has been tried, yet are silent on this issue.:  Rather than Republicans answering questions about bad Democratic ideas, the President should be answering questions about Republican legislative proposals.:  Where is the proposal from a republican to allow for concealed carry rights throughout the country?:  This has helped reduce gun violence everywhere it has been tried, and could be administered by each state.:  With one proposal the conversation could be changed from what feels good to what works.

There are now 39 states that have concealed carry laws (where you can receive a concealed weapon permit if you meet certain criteria).:  This is up from 9 states that had these laws in 1986, and has been pointed to as being instrumental in the: drop in gun violencein these states.:  The recent shootings in CT and Colorado were cases where concealed carry guns were not allowed.:  In the case of Sandy Hook school, it is not allowed in the entire state.:  In the case of the Colorado movie theater, there is concealed carry allowed in Colorado, but specifically not allowed in that particular theater.:  Imagine if the 5-10% of the population who typically carry guns when permitted, had them in that Colorado theater that night, or in the Sandy Hook school that day.:  How many lives might have been saved?:  Concealed carry should be part of the national debate on guns.

In 2008 some of the strictest gun control laws were lifted in Chicago and Washington DC.:  According to the conventional wisdom in the media, this was supposed to lead to the “wild west”.:  Instead gun crime and murder rates have: plummeted in both cities.:  The fact that you have heard nothing from the media in terms of the removal of these gun control laws, is all that you need to know.:  If there was a case to be made that the elimination of gun control led to more crime, rather than hearing crickets, it would be force fed to us daily in the anti-gun media!:  This is typically what happens when these laws are removed or concealed carry is implemented.:  John Lott has been a leading light on this issue started with his book, “More Guns, Less Crime”.

Right now all we hear from Democrats and the media is which guns we can eliminate, or what restrictions we can put on the law abiding citizenry.:  Even gun advocates are taking a narrow, elitist view with the idea of one armed guard in each school.:  Where are the voices advocating more freedom to defend ourselves from horrific crimes such as these?:  With over 200 million guns currently in the US, we already know the bad guys can get them.:  Let’s let the good guys to have them as well.

Author Bio:

Michael is relatively new to the writing ranks. He has been an editor and contributor at the website www.freemarketsfreepeople.net for the past 1 :½ years. He has over 20 years of diverse business experience from running complex operations where he managed hundreds of people, to starting and running small businesses such as www.realinterestfund.com. He is blessed, or perhaps cursed, with a logical mind which he uses to analyze government, media, politics, and culture. He believes that his life experiences help him bring a unique perspective to the issues of the day.

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