re: Conceal Carry w/o a permit Bill filed today!

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I am too. I know a whole bunch of people who I would cringe if I knew they were carrying a pistol

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For every single one of you against it for this reason...

You are acting no differently than the liberals who pass laws based on emotion.

"I would cringe." "It makes me uncomfortable." "I don't want him carrying a gun."

With all due respect, frick your feelings.

I am 100% for it even though I would make less money not teaching classes. Here's why:

1. The common way of thinking is "if we allow everyone to carry without a permit, crime will increase." Well, think about the crime statistics in states that already have constitutional carry (Alaska, Montana, Arizona, Kansas, Vermont, Maine, Arkansas). Their crime rates are ALL lower than the crime rate in Louisiana.

We have one of the top 5 murder capitals in the country (New Orleans) and Baton Rouge isn't far behind. We already know what drives this crime. It is not armed good citizens.

Unless the crime rates are to exponentially increase in those other states with Constitutional Carry, take a look at this EMPIRICALLY instead of EMOTIONALLY.

2. As previously stated, if you have a felony on your record, you are ALREADY barred from even OWNING a gun. What difference would this Constitutional Carry bill make exactly? The law already says this as it's written today.

3. I can only teach students so much about shooting and self defense in a full day of class. The human brain really can only process so much information in one day anyway.

Is it good for each concealed carrier to understand the self defense laws in Louisiana? Well, yes absolutely. But these laws are constantly changing anyway. It is OUR responsibility to stay current with self defense law and make ourselves aware of these laws.

And if someone slips up and makes a mistake and breaks the law? Then punish them according to that law. All this hop-in-the-time-machine, mind-reading, catastrophic thinking must die. We can't predict the future and you have to let citizens truly be free to frick up on their own. The freedom to frick up, in my opinion, is the most fundamental freedom we have in this country. Without the freedom to own our mistakes, the government takes ownership of our ability to make smart decisions.

4. A concealed carry class is NOT a defensive shooting course. It's hard for some people to understand, but one day of shooting 36 rounds does not make you a bullseye shooter or defensive shooter.

It is not required by state law (and shouldn't be) for a person to take a full 2-day defensive shooting course. Again, this is up to the individual to become properly-trained and practice on his or her own.

And for the most part, self defense isn't all that complicated. As James Yeager says, "you just point the thing at the person and pull the thing." Sure it can get more complicated in terms of situation de-escalation or danger avoidance, but in terms of shooting a gun, it's still fundamentally the action of "point your gun at a target and pull the trigger." Simple.

5. As already stated, no would-be criminal will take a CC course, waste an entire day and hundreds of dollars learning LEGAL defense doctrine to immediately go and break the laws he/she just learned. Human minds don't work that way. This type of thinking is based 100% on emotion and is not empirically proven.

6. Being trained does not change your intent. If you're not a psycho and have no intent of hurting anyone, what difference does it make if you have a permit? If you're already a psycho who is going to go on a shooting rampage and they require a long training process to get your gun, you still get your gun in the end. Nothing changes your intent except the foundational principles your parents and peers raised you on. If you grew up in that environment, one 9 hour course isn't going to change that.