doodledee

For some reason the debate around concealed handguns continues to rage even though it's already law.

First you've got the gun nuts. They're complaining about the signs springing up all over town that say things like 'This Establishment Does Not Allow Guns on its Premises' or 'Guns Are Not Allowed in this Facility' or - my favorite - 'Mama, Put My Guns in the Ground - I Can't Shoot Them Here'.

Maybe they've got a point. After all, why bother packing heat if you have to leave it under the front seat of your Camry? And what about the 1:10,000,000 case where you're in a bank and it gets robbed? Do you get to sue the bank because they didn't allow you pop a cap in the robber's ass? (In the name of self-defense, of course, because lest we forget, this law was first and foremost about Personal Protection, not about the right of an individual to carry a gun.)

No wait, they totally don't have a point. And what's more, all this 'what-if' crap from the pro-concealed carry camp drives me nutso. If you remember, one of their big arguments during the debate was that Minnesota was just a loser state and that all the other cool states had passed more liberal concealed carry laws years ago. You would think that at least one of the other 'enlightened' states would have figured out the answer to all the what-ifs and, if asked, that they'd be willing to share their experience and knowledge with us late adopters. Why reinvent the laser sight here, people? Ask for some help!

Then on the other side, you've got the anti-gun people. They're hanging those damn 'no guns' signs *everywhere*. It makes our town look stupid to walk down Nicollet Mall and see one in every window. Real classy. It kinda feels like Texas, only without all the executions.

I say that until somebody actually draws a gun in your place of business that you shouldn't be allowed to hang the sign. It's like a one strike and you're out type deal.

Which reminds me: I was 0-3 at softball tonight.