Wyoming becomes 4th state to allow concealed carry with no permit

[Atypical Liberal]

http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/article_7827c1d4-c2b5-5789-886b-93691bd90c6d.html

"CHEYENNE — Wyoming on Wednesday became the fourth state to allow citizens to carry concealed guns without a permit, with Gov. Matt Mead signing a bill into law as several other states considered similar action.

The law allows state citizens legally entitled to own guns to carry them concealed starting in July. The guns still wouldn’t be allowed in schools, bars and government buildings.

...

Similar bills are pending in states including Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Utah. A bill has been introduced in Kentucky but hasn’t advanced while another was introduced for discussion in Idaho."

And the tide of pro-firearms rights advances again.

[jaxx]

1. Isn't that special.

The public is going to have no rights left.

[GreenStormCloud]

7. This law is an expansion of people's rights. N/T

[sharesunited]

8. The right to have bullets enter your body.

[Ken_Fish]

9. OMG think of the children and the blood in the streets, those kids will track

that blood all over the carpet. oh my gosh we must do something..to the batmobile.

[Straw Man]

24. Failed meme.

The right to bear arms does not include the right to shoot people. That's a separate issue regulated by the criminal code.

[jaxx]

10. It's no expansion of my rights.

It's a gift to the gun people. The rest of us can to to hell.

[lawodevolution]

21. this is a move toward taking rights away from governments

Politicians, and very ambitious dictator wannabes. Poor Kim Jung ils out there just had their right to safely force their views on others diluted a little more today. Sniff!

[GreenStormCloud]

23. You have the same rights to a gun as the gun people.

That you chose not to exercise them is your own choice. You do not now and NEVER had the right to a gun-free zone around your person when you are out in public.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

30. I take your statement as an admission of being a felon or disqualified person?

Ohterwise, it would absolutely be an expansion of your rights.

[WatsonT]

22. Fewer restrictions = no rights?

Interesting.

If we continue to allow all this universal suffrage nonsense soon we'll have no rights left!

[Straw Man]

26. Isn't that snarky.

Isn't that special.

The public is going to have no rights left.

And wrong. It's not a zero-sum game. We're all "the public." These same rights apply to you.

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[jpak]

3. "The guns still wouldn’t be allowed in schools, bars and government buildings."

You mean republicans are putting restrictions on the Holy 2A?

You mean the Holy 2A is not absolute?

:rofl:

[rl6214]

27. Could it be the one A**** is

YOu?

Nothing Holy about the 2nd amendent, only you say so. Are you a closet 2A lover?

[jpak]

4. Sponsor Sen. Kit Jennings, R-moran-Casper

yup

[rl6214]

28. Every R is a moran to you?

Very progressive thinker you are.

YUP

YUP

YUP

[jpak]

5. Rep. Lorraine Quarberg, R-moran-Thermopolis, co-sponsor

yup

[lumberjack_jeff]

6. Each state's needs are different.

Murder statistics in Wyoming don't show that continuing to collect the $50 for a CC permit will reduce crime.

[jaxx]

11. They could give it to the corporate NRA.

Money for more propaganda about how everybody needs to have a gun to be tough. HaHaHa

[NHRAhotrodder]

12. I have a concealed carry permit

and I don't consider myself tough. just prudent, My state, luckily, trusts it's citizens to open and conceal carry and we don't have to register our weapons, as it should be.

[jpak]

13. Your state is run by republican assholes

yup

[NHRAhotrodder]

15. Harry Reid is my Senator

How is he a republican asshole?
:shrug:

[rl6214]

29. Which state does he live in?

Hmmm? Don't see it listed in his post anywhere.

NOPE

NOPE

NOPE

[Sinistrous]

14. And so the insanity spreads.

Now any nutcase with a few hundred dollars can pack heat in Wyoming. Isn't that special.

[NHRAhotrodder]

16. Why is Wy.

any different from AK., VA., AZ.?
No blood flowing in the streets there despite dire predictions from certain groups.

[safeinOhio]

19. Alaska is 3rd in

handgun murders/100,000, just behind Louisiana and then DC. Highest numbers are in places with both the strongest and weakest handgun laws. Go figure.

[Straw Man]

25. Hyperbole is not your friend.

Vermont has always had permitless carry. Their rate of murder with firearms is the lowest in the country.

Isn't that special?

[safeinOhio]

17. Might be a good idea

for that state, but not so much for others with high density populations like NY and Cali.

Also would keep those from states with no licenses from traveling thru other states that require a valid CCW to carry in. Vote with your feet. If you like that, move there, if you don't move out.

I see these laws as being like laws that prohibit the firing of a fire arm with in city limits. Does not make sense to allow target practice with-in a city, but would be ok out in the sticks. If it doesn't work out, I'm sure they'll change the laws.

[guyton]

18. "bars and government buildings" I can understand

I understand why they're banned in "bars and government buildings" ... after all that's where they live and work. But why not at schools? Wouldn't everyone packing have helped at Columbine??

:sarcasm:

[friendly_iconoclast]

20. Well, "everyone *not* packing" didn't help at Virginia Tech, so it's a wash.

Crazies will do what crazies do, but firing back might just work better than begging and sobbing.

I'd like to have that option, if need be...

(Psst. Columbine was a high school- no legal carry for those under 21.)