5412,
I like your writing and opinion. But you missed the boat on this one.
What's wrong with the "order" is it effects a state that's 400 miles wide. Why does Charlotte, Ashville, Boone and all of western NC have to comply with a local event on the coast?
Hi,
What is wrong with the order? In my opinion the order is wrong for the very reason they passed the law regarding concealed carry permits in the first place. Americans have a right to defend themselves, whether it be in peaceful times or stressful times. It is fact that criminals do not obey the law when it comes to firearms anyway so the only people who would disarm are the very people who could be trusted with them......and like what happened in Katrina, they are left helpless and defenseless and are easy prey for armed criminals......just like what happened in Katrina.
Either folks with concealed carry permits and those with legally owned firearms are capable of good judgment or they are not. The criminals don't much give a shit. There is a reason violent crime has dropped an average of 17% in the states with concealed carry laws. There is a reason the murder rate in DC hit a 45 year low in the first year following the Heller ruling. The armed criminal is much more afraid of the armed citizen than the police.....and in a hurricane or disaster of that type they know there are certain places that the police just cannot protect.
Give me one good reason why there should be such an order? All it does is put law abiding citizens lives further at risk.
regards,
5412
PS: I have lived in the south a good bit of my life. A spray painted sign on a piece of plywood that says, "Looters will be shot" with a couple confederate flags pasted on it is indeed a great deturrent to crime.
