Another scare gone well.. See? I told you so.
Here's a few things to ponder and these aren't scare tactics, this is the world as I have seen it from my personal perspective of a LEO.
Guns don't kill people, people kill people. as one comedian said, blaming a gun on a killing is like blaming a pencil for a misspelled word.
We have a more than enough gun laws on the books to deal with the crimes that are committed with firearms, problem I see in my area, and everywhere as far as that goes, too many liberal judges and prosecutors who believe the person who committed the crime needs a second chance. Want a change, prosecute those that break CURRENT LAWS!! Commit a crime with a gun, you are removed from the picture forever.......PERIOD. As it stands now there is no deterent.
Police CAN NOT be every where at every moment. Someone wants to come to your house to harm you, it may take a few minutes before police will arrive depending upon where you live. Where I live it could take up to 30 minutes. Now would you rather wait 30 minutes with a gun in your possession of without a gun??
Those who are going to use a gun in a crime do not care if it is breaking a law to own or carry that gun. Penalties aren't that severe and most citizens who obey laws aren't armed because the liberals won't let them have them. Those who want to ban guns all together want to paint a picture of a perfect utopia after guns are banned. WRONG, criminals WILL ALWAYS find a way to obtain guns, taking away the guns from those who would not use a gun to commit a crime only makes that person an easy target to those that obtain guns illegally.
As a LEO I support the right to carry. If a person can pass a background check and the proper training they should have the right to protect themselves and or their families. Studies have shown time and time again that those who carry guns legally are far less likely to commit a crime with that gun than the average citizen who doesn't have a criminal record and doesn't carry a gun. A concealed carry law here in IL would NOT change the way I do my job, I ALWAYS assume the person is armed until proven otherwise.