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Originally Posted by Cybersprings
I stand corrected on the law. Thanks for making me re-read. But again, as I stated in the same post, having a concealed weapon cannot hurt you. It is only the wielding of the weapon that can cause the problem, and that is not affected by whether or not you have a permit.
As far as training to get the permit, you are taught how to safely use a weapon for self defense. What is it in the training required to carry a weapon that you think will overcome the self control problem that you raise? Are you saying that people with self control problems who carry with a permit and therefore "have training", will, because of that training, be safer to the public when they lose control and pull a gun unnecessarily?
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Ideally, that training will also include instruction on when it might be appropriate to pull a gun including the potential consequences and that *might* prevent some problems. Additionally, just the requirement to attend training has *likely* caused some to decide not to bother thus keeping guns out of their reach in public places.
Training cannot solve all the problems but perhaps it has prevented some. We'll see what happens later this year.
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