equipment redundancy...u think u're bad..

[freedivernd]

igotofar,
I'm with you. At the risk of opening up a great debate here. My State has one of if not the lowest crime rate per capita and has one of the most lax right to carry laws in the nation. I called the ND bureau of Investigation awhile back to see how many carry permits were issued..and this is maybe 10 years ago, at that time over 6000 permits had been issued. The gal on the phone at NDBI was saying a lot of the permits were issued to law enforcement so they could carry concealed off duty (she thought I needed consoling or reasons). ND population is 600,000 and that means about 1 in every 100 people could be carring. You think that doesn't deter crime? You bet it does. We've had a right to carry law for maybe 20 years. I was number 6 in the state about 20 years ago to get the permit (at that time they were numbered 001,002,003, etc.) and bragging to my shooting cronies at a weekend shoot, but had to shutup when one of them showed me he was number 003. I remember the police in Fargo were trying to set it up like a "get a divers license" and test once a month.. they were really dragging their feet. The old "give us your name, we'll call you back". I found an NRA instructor to give the test and the local sherrif signed off and I had the permit. Several of my shooting buddies had been there the day before me. The Rats!
I don't have any qualms about any law abiding citizen carrying but I expect that citizen to go out and really get familiar with what ever it is they are carrying. Join a club, go to the range, practice, practice. guess you learn something about me everyday?
Fred