An Eye-Opening Statistic...

I know of no other statistic that more fully epitomizes the deep-seated cultural, moral, educational, occasionally religious, and always enormous legal issues that divides our society than the number of "Constitutional Carry" states.

That means adhering to the very words of the 2nd Amendment, "the Right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."  That means screwed with.  

That was 24 as of yesterday, by the way.  24 as in, the number of states that "permit" (cough, cough) their otherwise-eligible* citizens to purchase and own firearms, and then secrete them without a special permit of any kind.  As in, walk in to the gun store, pick out your firearm, undergo the requisite** FBI National Instant Criminal (NICS) Background Check, pay your bill and walk out the door.  With the firearm. 

In your pocket.

They are:

     -  AB, AL, AR, AK, ID, IN, IA, KS, KT, MA, MI, MO, MT, NH, ND, OH, OK, SD, TN, TX UT, VT, WV and WY.

Annnnnd, please let me be advised Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia signed his very own "Constitutional Carry" legislation yesterday.  Thus making Georgia the 25th State in our Union that understands its citizens have a Right, guaranteed by God, to buy and own and carry and use and store a firearm, of their choosing, so long as they can pass the necessary Federal background checks to do so.

That's half, BTW.

Yettttt, were you to find yourself across the border from several of these states, and attempt to do the very same thing, you'd be arrested, handcuffed, booked, and jailed.  And be charged with a felony; that of carrying one of them there "deadly weapons" in your pocket without their exalted permission.

Well, screw them, I say!  Maybe it's the best for the folks in Georgia not go visit those backward dweebs in Virginia!  Maybe the residents of Vermont should stay away from New York State!  Maybe those concealed-carriers in Ohio need to keep a safe distance from the Sheriff Hogg's in Connetticcuttucutt.  The ones who would just luuuvvv to put them in jail!  

In fact, maybe we believers in the 2nd Amendment need to start voting with our dollars and our feet!  There are MILLIONS of us, more than 100+ MILLION, in fact, and we need to let those "other" 25 states know it's time to get on board.  Lest they be left behind...

Imagine if a one or two nice, gun-toting, highly-trained, God-fearing citizens just happened to be on that subway car yesterday?  And able to thwart the killer's attack?

Imagine if the killer had thought twice about launching his attack because there just might be one or two nice, gun-toting, highly-trained, God-fearing citizens on that subway car yesterday?

And while you're at it, imagine if everybody chose to go to Disney World instead of gun-hating California's Disneyland?  

(Of course, you could also imagine what would happen if everybody who believes Disney should stay out of politics just chose to avoid Disney altogether...)

*     Citizens in good standing over the age of 21, who are not under warrant and are free of felonies, are Constitutionally guaranteed the Right to buy a firearm.

**   The "NICS" National Instant Background Check System has been in effect since 1996.  Everyone must pass this Check in order to gain approval to purchase a firearm.  The "Left" rails incessantly for us to approve "Universal Background Checks."  Hey dummies!  We already have them!