Concealed Carry

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Concealed Carry- Your Right to Bear Arms?

• A View from Both Sides

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What does it mean?

• "A well regulated Militia being necessary to the
  security of a free State, the right of the people
  to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed." 
• - U.S. Constitution, 2nd Amendment

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Concealed Carry- Your Right to Bear Arms?

• As of July 13, 2011
• 49 states permit carrying a concealed handgun in
  public.
• 35 states have "shall-issue" laws.
• The Florida Model
• Under shall issue laws, as long as individuals
  meet certain minimum requirements, a concealed
  permit shall be issued. 

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Concealed Carry- Your Right to Bear Arms?

• Concealed Carry increases lethal confrontations.

• Permit Holders are more law-abiding than
  non-permit holders.

• The chances of a handgun being used
  inappropriately increase when normally
  responsible adults are intoxicated, tired,
  afraid, or untrained in conflict resolution.

• The general public is 5.7 times more likely to
  be arrested for violent offenses and 13.5 times
  more likely to be arrested for non-violent
  offenses than concealed carry weapon permit
  holders.

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Concealed Carry- Your Right to Bear Arms?

• Approximately 50 people are unintentionally shot
  each day in America and a child under 15 years of
  age dies every other day from unintended gunfire

• The Apr. 20, 1999 Columbine High School massacre
  and Apr. 17, 2007 Virginia Tech shooting could
  have been ended and lives saved by an armed
  citizen shooting the assailants.

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Concealed Carry- Your Right to Bear Arms?

• Felons report that they often carry firearms to
  deter victims from resisting. 
•  A victim drawing a gun during an attack sends a
  signal to the offender that more force must be
  used to overpower the victim during an attack.

• Concealed handguns are an effective non-lethal
  form of self-defense when someone draws a
  concealed gun in self-defense, the criminal
  simply retreats 55.5 of the time.

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Concealed Carry- Your Right to Bear Arms?

• President Earns a Failing Grade from Both Sides

• Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
  President gets an F
• The President signed the Credit Card
  Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act
  of 2009 which included an amendment to allow the
  carrying of firearms in national parks.

• According to the NRA
• (then) Presidential Candidate Barack Obama
  earned an "F" rating based on his voting record
  on guns.

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Concealed Carry-Your Right to Bear Arms?

• You decide
• Should you have the right to bear arms?
• Should anyone else have the right to bear arms?
• Does your choice lessen or increase the rate of
  violent crime?