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« Australian antigunners seek still more controls | Main | Heads up on more scam spams »

Article on self-defense and CCW laws

Posted by David Hardy · 27 April 2006 09:30 AM

An interesting article on those laws, noting that six states have passed "Castle Doctrine" bills, two more passed modified versions of them, similar measures are pending in 16 more, and 48 now allow CCW (note that does not mean have liberalized CCW measures, just that they don't follow the old Western rule of forbidding it entirely. By the measure used here, for example, NY and MA "allow" CCW since you can in theory get a permit).

It's interesting from a historical perspective. Ten or fifteen years ago the Brady Campaign was on the march, and pro-gun forces on the defensive.

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Phil Stanhope | April 29, 2006 12:32 PM | Reply

Yes, the NRA-ILA is certainly pushing the Castle Doctrine. I'm for that, don't get me wrong.

But I live in Colorado, where we already have the so-called "Make My Day" law, which pretty much does the same thing for the home, if not for the car.

Yesterday I got an advocacy-fundraising letter from NRA-ILA with one of their predictable quizes and a request for contributions to help get a Castle Doctrine law in Colorado.

Nothing in the letter was tailored for this state's situation. It was clearly a one-size-fits-all fundraising letter.

I sort of wonder at the clumsiness of that approach.

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