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Originally Posted by dyna mo
well, i am in favor of the right to bear arms but am unsure as to relaxing the ccw laws, i don't see the need or goal in doing so.
along those same lines, i also do not understand removing fed oversight for guns manufactured in AZ.
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I haven't looked at the AZ oversight thing so I'm not going to comment on that until I know more about it.
However, the CCW thing is a great move IMHO. As the article says, criminals will carry concealed anyway so this law has NOTHING to do with them and everything to do with the citizens ability to protect themselves.
Open carry is already allowed in AZ as well as some other states but it also tends to make others uncomfortable. I walked into a gas station with Dirty Danza when he was open carrying and you could tell from the look on other customers faces that they were not liking the situation. Had the weapon been out of sight then nobody would have been uncomfortable.
The bottom line is that if you can legally purchase the weapon then why does the Government not trust you to carry it concealed? Whether the person is a criminal or not, the Police are trained to approach every situation with caution simply because you never know if the people involved are armed or not. If they are armed and they can legally purchased a weapon then the likelihood of them having criminal intentions is extremely low.
When cities, counties, states, etc...have enacted similar laws, the crime rates typically drop drastically.