The Trace: Open Carry Driving Move to Constitutional Carry
“A veto override will make West Virginia the ninth state to allow gun owners to carry without a license,” thetrace.org‘s announces. “At least 19 others are considering similar legislation.” The story beneath the subhead make for some delicious reading, as writer Mike Spies struggles to put a negative spin on a positive development for gun rights. (A slightly negative spin; The Trace’s page rankings and thus traffic depend on avoiding being ID’ed by Google gatekeepers as anti-gun agitprop.) Here’s what Spies spies with his little eye when it comes to the move away from gun control . . .
In some states, allowing gun owners to carry concealed without a permit is seen by supporters as a natural extension of older laws authorizing the open carry of firearms without a license: If the permit requirement is leading some gun owners to choose open carry, and if open carry tends to lead to more problematic public spectacles than concealed carry, then making it easier to carry concealed solves that problem.
Where’d he come up with that one? Not only haven’t I heard that argument, it doesn’t make any sense. Excluding the occasional Chipotle ninja, open carry hasn’t led to “more …Read the Rest
Source:: Truth About Guns
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