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Originally posted by Dakota

Jim, NYC already IS full of concealed weapons, and they are NOT carried by law abiding citizens. In states with laws that allow any law abiding citizen to get a permit to carry, a VERY small percentage avail themselves of that privilege. The impact on crime, however, is huge, probably because to criminals don't know who is carrying and who is not. There has not been ONE incident of people with a legal permit getting into a gun fight at a youth sports event (or anywhere else). That claim is fear mongering, pure and simple.

Use logic and facts, not fear and emotion.

This sure is getting to be an interesting thread even if it is far afield of umpiring. Might I suggest that instead of spending billions of dollars on stopping illicit drugs we do as William F. Buckley advocated ten or fifteen years ago and legalize them. We can add them to tobacco and alcohol and spend that money on education starting at the earliest age. Gee whiz maybe RJ Reynolds can kick in some $ insteaf of spending them on ads telling us what a charitable company they are. Of course I have no idea whatthat will do to the civil war in Columbia but we'll get a bunch of helicopters back. Jim/NYC {bastion of liberal ideas}