Which Neighbors Have Concealed Weapons Permits? (Redwood City, Ca. publishes list)

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59. That's a great idea ...

So some street thug knows that I carry a firearm. He sneaks up behind me and hits me in the head with a bat and walks away with my concealed weapon. He then uses my weapon to to shoot another person or several people.

You say that you don't like cops because they carry a gun. Do you feel that the police should stop carrying firearms and try to apprehend armed criminals with just pepper spray or Tasers? Perhaps they should also stop wearing their bullet proof vests.

Maybe we should just confiscate all firearms from honest people and disarm all police. If we did that how long do you think it would take an unarmed police officer to respond to a 911 call from a homeowner who told the operator that an armed man had broke into her home or was trying to? He would probably arrive in time to cordon off the area with crime scene tape and gather evidence of a murder or murders in order to file a report. How many police officers would decide that the job was far too dangerous for the meager pay they receive and quit? How would a homeowner defend himself against an intruder armed with a firearm? How would he protect his family?

I'm sure that most violent criminals would think that you have some really good ideas. They would love to know who owns firearms as these are valuable items that they can steal and use or sell. Instead of being in the hands of a responsible gun owner, these weapons would be on the street and many would be used for criminal activity.

I will agree that with the current information that I have gleaned from the news, Zimmerman is a cop wannabe or a vigilante who should be arrested and prosecuted. He is not an example of the typical person who has a carry permit. Obviously when 10,000,000 citizens have permits to carry, a few will misuse their privilege. Statistics show that very few people who carry use their weapons to commit a crime. Florida has had "shall issue" concealed carry since 1987 and in that period of time only 168 people have had their permit revoked because of a crime committed after the license was issued. (source: http://licgweb.doacs.state.fl.us/stats/cw_monthly.pdf) Not all the crimes that caused their licenses to be revoked involved a shooting. In Florida you can lose your license if you brandish your weapon or if you carry it into a restricted area among many reasons.

I also add that I don't think that you truly dislike cops who carry firearms and wish to disarm them. It is entirely fair to debate if citizens should be allowed to carry. I have no problem with that and enjoy such discussion. But I know a lot of cops who are very professional and I appreciate the job they do to protect their community. I definitely wouldn't want their job. I feel that disliking a police officer because he carries a handgun is at the least, unfair. Just as with people who have carry licenses there are a few cops who are total assholes and misuse their weapons to kill innocent people. Such officers cast a bad light on their profession just as the few citizens like Zimmerman make all people who legally carry look like cold blooded vigilantes.