Quote of the Day

Hawaii is not addressing an unprecedented societal concern posed by permitholders. Data show the opposite: carry-license revocations are exceedingly rare—typically between 0.01% and 0.32% annually—and often unrelated to criminal conduct. Texas conviction statistics show that permitholders are nearly seven times less likely to be convicted of a crime than the general population. Colorado’s arrest-based revocation system shows that permitholders are more than eight times less likely to be arrested. Independent research, from RAND to the Chicago Tribune, and even data collected by the Violence Policy Center, confirm that permitholders offend at far lower rates than ordinary citizens. Concealed carry permitholders are exceptionally law-abiding, and Hawaii’s treatment of them as predatory actors has no empirical or historical foundation.

Kopel, Greenlee, Mocsary, and Goldstein
 NRA amicus brief–Wolford v. Lopez

This is nothing new. Essentially everyone, even anti-gun people, knows the basics of this. The only reasons they continue to harass gun owners with laws against possessing gun for defensive use must be something other than fear of gun owners committing criminal acts.

In my mind the best explanations for this unconstitutional and immoral behavior are:

• They intend to commit acts against gun owners that they know would get them shot.
• High violent crime rates against defenseless people increase dependency on the government.
• Tribal loyalty compels them to be opposed to anything their political enemies advocate.
• Robbers are the natural ally of the anti-capitalist and the anti-gun people are protecting their allies.
• They have mental health issues and are unable to think rationally (Peterson Syndrome).

Of course, various anti-gun people can have more than one reason to pursue their evil goals. There is no need to pick just one reason. embrace the power of and. Then, prepare and respond appropriately.