The gunman accused of killing five people in cold blood Wednesday had a concealed weapon permit

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80. I don't think it is meaningless at all.

What one does in the privacy of one's home is not the public's or the government's business. What you do in the street is everyone's business. That's why we have municipal codes to regulate how we conduct ourselves within the community. If the gun owner is a known risk, there are laws and agencies, like child protection, already in place to deal with that. How well they may function in any given community is another question.
I don't advocate imposing useless obstacles or wasting taxpayers money with more bureaucracy, but this is about public safety and a serious concern to everyone. The more guns, especially handguns, that enter the market, the more likely we are to experience these kinds of senseless tragedies. If we can increase public safety with minimal restriction of individual rights, then we will be on the right path.