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WA Democrats move to ban open, concealed carry of a firearm at 5,300+ locations
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this post was submitted on 16 Jan 2025
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I don’t live in Seattle. I’d like to ask a local, if one is reading, how they feel about this.
We already do not allow concealed carry in many places. I think it makes sense to not allow them in parks, public buildings, etc.
This coming from a firearm owner who has had a concealed carry permit in the past.
I wonder what the concern is now though? Has there been a problem I'm not aware of?
Yeah. Guns killing people.
Concealed carriers commit violent crimes at 1/10th the rate of the general public. If you want to stop gun crimes, you would be more successful by prohibiting everyone except concealed carriers.
Concealed carriers have a lower rate of criminality because of how selective the process is to get that license. As that becomes easier to get we will see less ideal candidates getting that license and thus spiking that number.
Isn't that the default state? Prohibited concealed carriers except those permitted?
I'm saying that if we are going to try to increase safety by banning people from public buildings and parks on the basis of whether they are carrying a gun, it would be statistically safer to ban non-carriers than carriers.
I'm not suggesting that we actually do this, of course.
Agreed.
The people who apply for permits are the ones who'll obey the law.
I guess that means that permits are not an effective deterrent and that we should just ban guns altogether.