Year: 2008

This blogger seems to have bought the line that the laws passed recently in Georgia and Florida were intended to target airports and Disney, when they are not.  Disney is not exempt from Florida’s law which allows holders of a Florida Concealed Weapons License to leave their guns in their car while at work, but it is not specifically targeted by it.

Nor did the Georgia law in question specifically target airports.  It removed restrictions creating gun free zones out of public transportation vehicles and infrastructure.  Atlanta’s airport has decided the law need not apply to them.  Law or no law, they are determined to arrest people.  That a legal authority is determined to arrest people who have broken no law should scare the hell out of any American.  I should also note that this does not apply to the sterile area of the airport past the security perimeters.  Airline security is a matter of federal law and regulations, and remains in place.

I may not agree with the Florida law mandating that people be permitted to have guns in privately owned parking lots, but nor do I agree with the hysterics from Disney, the media, and a lot of other people, that somehow allowing this is going to lead to bloodbaths.  Despite the Brady Campaign’s machinations, they’ve never been right once.  Not once, about the issue of concealed carry laws leading to more violence.

Hat Tip: Another Gun Blog

That’s what the New England Journal of Medicine is predicting in the wake of Heller.  Yeah, because prior to Heller, criminals were too busy thinking “Sorry guys, it’s a collective right.  We’ll have to wait until it’s individual before we go commit armed robberies.”  But the study does conflate the suicide and homicide numbers.  It also depends on the Loftin study, which has been thoroughly debunked.

The hysterics post Heller have been absolutely unbelievable.  It’s full tilt in the media for the meme that guns do nothing but kill; they aren’t used for sport, and they aren’t used for self-defense.  No.  They cause crime and suicide.  The suicide angle seems something particularly hounded on for some reason, I’m guessing because they know crime rates won’t go up, so they are banking on suicide rates inching up, so they might have a leg to stand on.

Department of Interior is stalling in hopes that an Obama administration won’t force them to change their rules on National Park Carry.  The deadline for comment has been extended to August 8th, so be sure to get your comments in!