Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: S.D. governor vetoes concealed handgun bill [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)but not to own. Permitless CCW work fine in some places, but not others. Vermont was always "green" and has always had the laxest gun laws in the US. It is also the safest to be in. I think it works in places like Vermont, Wyoming, and some parts of Arizona (not so much the cities, but not for the same reason you think.) The reason it works is 1)many if not most people grow up around guns and learn about them at an early age. 2)You are either in the woods or Mayberry, like I explained before.
The reason I think it is a bad idea in New Jersey, NY, some parts of the sun belt like Florida and urban Arizona is because of people who did not grow up with guns, or know anything about them deciding to get a CCW. Florida and urban Arizona has a lot transplants from other places (New Jersey native Sherriff Joe and California native Jan Brewer for example) who don't know shit or care about the history of the place. The part of Florida, most people grew up in New York, Ohio, Mass, Michigan, or New Jersey. Mostly New York. Citrus County seems like Long Island/Queens South. I'm the only one I have found from the mountain west (I'm only here because my wife wanted to be closer to her family. She is from here.)
I took a CCW class a couple of years ago. Other than myself and a couple of rednecks, most of the class were former New Yorkers (mostly Long Island). During the live fire part of the class, half of them did not know how to load the .38 revolvers provided. The guy next to me thought the cylinder release was the safety.
The urban parts of Arizona like Tucsan, Sun City etc. likely has the similar demographics.