llama66 llama66:
I'm so torn on Concealed Carry. On one hand good for them for stopping a shooting situation, on the other that's the Police's job. I don't know what to think, really.
Concealed carry reflects the fact that you are your own first responder.
See, in both your country and mine the police are under no obligation whatsoever to protect you or anyone else and a myriad of court decisions make this abundantly clear.
So it is NOT the job of the police to be there to stop a shooting. Even if they happen to be there they're still not obligated to do anything.
Therefore in a growing number of states in the USA people are again securing for themselves the right to keep and to bear arms in their defense and in the defense of others.
In Canada you're pretty much on your own when something happens but you can rest assured that the police will show up later to document the crime scene and then maybe someday find the person who shot you.