[geeks] CCW for Ohio!

[Phil Stracchino]

On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 12:55:05AM -0500, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> Thu, 11 Dec 2003 @ 15:37 -0600, Mike Hebel said:
> 
> > Exactly the reason that you should _not_ get a firearms card.  If they 
> > start taking away weapons then yours is one of the first to go and 
> > you're "on the list" for "observation".
> 
> What is a firearms card?

Something like California's BSFC, I assume, Basic Firearms Safety
Certificate.

(Which, at the time I took it, basically certified that you were not a
complete moron.  IIRC, the passing score was 15 correct answers out of
20 multiple choice questions.  Again IIRC, I missed two questions out of
the 20 -- one because it was poorly worded, another because IMHO the
"officially correct" answer was flat-out WRONG.)


> You mean a CCW?
> 
> I have always found the concealed carry thing ridiculous.
> 
> I think it is safer if people carry concealed, permit or not.
> 
> Think about it... the bad guys are going to be packing concealed heat
> regardless of the law, so the restriction only hurts the good guys.
> 
> Further, how can you avoid a concealed weapon when it is cold enough for
> a coat?

All excellent points.  As the California Rifle and Pistol Association is
fond of saying on billboards all over the state, "Society is safer when
criminals don't know who's armed."

> Do some states differentiate between deliberately concealed and 
> concealed by consequence?

I honestly have no idea.


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