A Case for Good Manners and Respect - Justice for Trayvon — with Concealed-Carry Permits

Why were there and are there so many fewer murders where people are allowed to carry guns? 
It seems to create an atmosphere, or call it fear if you like, that engenders old fashioned manners and respect for others and their property. 
Let us work to remove the restrictions against us having 'better manners' in all States. m/r

Justice for Trayvon — with Concealed-Carry Permits | National Review Online

By Andrew Cline - July 19, 2013
For protection against racists, the Second Amendment is better than mass protests. 

Protesting George Zimmerman’s acquittal will not protect black Americans from future encounters with men who approach them in the dark, suspicious that they are up to no good. Protection could come from doing as Zimmerman did — carrying a concealed weapon.

Unwilling to become victims of street crime or mass shootings, and afraid that Congress and the president will restrict their ability to acquire firearms in the future, millions of Americans are buying handguns and obtaining concealed-carry permits. In the first quarter of 2013, Sturm, Ruger’s backlog of gun orders reached 2.1 million, up from 337,000 in the same period last year, USA Today reported in May. Permit applications for concealed-carry weapons are up by double digits in state after state, the Wall Street Journal reported earlier this month. By the end of this year, every state will allow concealed carry, as the Journal noted. Americans are increasingly arming themselves for self-defense. If black Americans do not participate in this self-armament, they will find themselves at a more profound disadvantage than the one presented by the dreaded “institutional racism” that supposedly set Zimmerman free.

How dramatic is the expansion in concealed-carry permits? Ohio “is on pace to nearly double last year’s total of 65,000 new permits, which would be nearly three times as many as in 2007,” the Journal reported, adding:

And Oklahoma, Tennessee, Wyoming, and Nebraska all have nearly matched or surpassed last year’s totals with half of 2013 still to go. 

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