Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Gun Control, Media Bias and Reality

John Lott at FoxNews has an analysis of the hit job/crap "report" that Diane Sawyer did on 20/20. His final analysis:

ABC never mentions a simple fact: all multiple victim public shootings with more than 3 people killed have occurred where permitted concealed handguns are prohibited. Rather than studying what actually happens during these shootings, ABC conjured up rigged experiments aimed at convincing Americans that guns are ineffective. Unfortunately, ABC’s advice, rather than making victims safe, makes things safer for attackers.


Good job, John.

There is a bill in CA up for vote that would allow out of state folks with a CWP from another jurisdiction to carry in CA and I strongly urge people to press their Representatives to vote "YES". The bill is AB-1167 and and would provide for reciprocity for out of state CCWP holders. This bill would add the following to the CA penal code:
SECTION 1. Section 12058 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
12058
(a) Persons holding a valid permit or license to carry a concealed handgun from any state or a political subdivision of a state shall be deemed a licensee under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 12050.
(b) The Department of Justice shall enter into reciprocity agreements with all other states that have the legal authority to enter into those agreements so that licensees under Section 12050 may carry firearms in those states pursuant to the conditions imposed by Section 12050. The department shall each month maintain and publish a list of those states with which this state has established reciprocity.


AB357 ease the CCWP process for CA citizen by making California a shall issue ccw state. This would allow more law-abiding citizens to carry a concealed weapon. I also strongly support this measure.

When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.

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