Where Angels Fear To Tread

Quite often I see pro-​criminalsA more cor­rect term for one who advo­cates gun con­trol by remov­ing or restrict­ing law-​abiding cit­i­zens from arm­ing them­selves in self-​defense. talk­ing about how the “police” of the nation want “insert gun con­trol item”. I’ve spoke of it before [here and here].

Here is what I said the last time:

If you talk to police offi­cers, like politically-​oriented police chiefs, you just might find that they are opposed to cit­i­zens car­ry­ing firearms. However, if you talk to street cops, the peo­ple who actu­ally deal with us, you’ll find that many, if not most, wel­come and under­stand the value of the “armed cit­i­zen”. They under­stand that they can’t always be there and are tired of draw­ing chalk out­lines around help­less dead citizens.

I’ve noticed that as often as pro-​criminals talk about how law enforce­ment is against con­ceal carry, or some sub­set, I have never seen them post when law enforce­ment is clearly for it. Like this Sheriff on October 31^st.

In light of an attempted rape of a woman at Milliken Park on Sunday, Sheriff Chuck Wright encour­aged women to get con­cealed weapons permits.

“That would have fixed this,” Wright said. “Ladies, walk in groups. Get a con­cealed weapons per­mit. I don’t want you to go for the mace; I want you to go for the con­cealed weapons per­mit. Gun con­trol to me is when you can get your bar­rel back on the tar­get quick.”