http://www.livingstondaily.com/article/20110804/OPINION01/108040312/Law-abiding-gun-owners-no-source-fear

Some have argued that the increase in concealed-weapon permits would actually create safer communities. Such positions are sometimes rooted in the belief that "an armed society is a polite society." Or, some would argue that armed law-abiding citizens are a defense against shooting rampages such as the recent outrage in Norway.

Such a position is debatable. What's not up for argument is that there have been no negative consequences now that 220,000 more state residents have the right to carry a concealed weapon.

Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard has a rational reason for that. He says that the people likely to cause trouble aren't the type of people who willingly go through the legal requirements to get a permit.

"My position was, and still is, that the people we have a problem with guns aren't the people who are willing to follow the law and go through the hoops and training," he told the Free Press.

That's a good point. Not everyone likes guns. Those folks have the right not to own one. Nor should their safety be jeopardized by others. But the evidence is so far clear that whatever risk there is from guns, it's not coming from the law-abiding people who have obtained concealed-weapons permits.

I think I've read that same article.  If it's the same one, there's a quote in there from the Brady Campaign saying that laws like Michigan's are "a recipe for disaster".  That's the level  of logic we're up against.  It's been ten years, nothing has happened, but it's a recipe for disaster.  Every single time a state starts protecting the Second Amendment rights, the gun grabbers start with the gloom and doom.  "People will be shooting each other over parking spaces!!"  My reply to that sort of logic is, "When was the last time you heard about somone running over another person with their car over a parking space?"

But overall, that is an excellent article, and should be required reading for everyone involved in the state's government, from the governor down to the guy who drives that thing that rearranges the highway dividers to make the contra-flow lane on H1 in the mornings.  Thanks for posting!