In article , "Don White" wrote:

Henry Blackmoore wrote in message news:4QZ8c.1769 Must have
been a lot of folks given those "mad-dog" pills because there
are only a handful of states left that didn't pass concealed-carry laws
where law-abiding citizens can carry concealed firearms.

What states are left that didn't pass CC laws? Ohio, Wisconsin, Kansas,
Illinois, Nebraska and ??? It's hard to keep up with all the progress of
the
"gun nuts" and the battles won in state legislatures all around the
country.

Is this true?...
Might be time to build a big fence along the border...sounds like America is
slipping over the edge!

I don't keep up with it like I probably should (being a freedom loving
American and all).

However I know of at least fives states that reformed or passed CC laws in
2003.

Four of those states-Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico & Colorado passed
"shall issue" laws regarding concealed carry. Shall issue basically means
that gun owners must pass a set of stipulations in order to be issued a
concealed carry permit. Alaska however, eased its laws to allow its citizens
to carry concealed firearms WITHOUT a permit (Alaska is next to Canada too).

Since the majority (almost all states now) have made concealed carry permits
availible to the rank and file citizen the big push now is for reciprocity
amongst all the states in which each state would honor the permits of the
other states. Right now there is some reciprocity but it is a patchwork and
not across the board.

And so far the reforms, laws and increases in armed Americans have been a
positive experience. Crys of returning to the "wild wild west" have not
turned out to be the results of such reforms. Contrary to the naysayers,
citizens can be trusted to carry firearms and to protect themselves and their
families.

Sorry Don, but your UN inspired hallucinations are not based on reality.

Folks do have a right to protect themselves.

The government is BY the people and FOR the people not against the people Don.

We are the government. WE tell the government what we want it to do not the
other way around.

You are not any safer with stupid feel-good legislation (gun-control laws)
that are useless against criminals who do not traditionally obey any laws let
alone firearms related ones.

I am truly sorry that you and your socialist ilk cannot grasp such simple
realities and concepts Don.

Cheers!