Concealed Carry

Veronica Graves
vgraves@uccs.edu

“The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to permit the conquered Eastern peoples to have arms. History teaches that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so” Adolph Hitler, April 11 1942.
The first and foremost purpose of concealed carry is to protect us from our own government.

We have seen in history time and time again when a great power was taken over by a dictator.

It is extremely proud and ignorant of any in the US to think that we are above the possibility of a dictatorship. Our vast amounts of wealth and power do not make us invincible to tyranny. In fact, they make us more susceptible.
Hitler was not the only dictator to believe that disarming the public was of utmost necessity. “The people…are strictly forbidden to have in their possession any swords, short swords, bows, spears, firearms, or other types of arms. The possession of unnecessary implements makes difficult the collection of taxes and dues and tends to foment uprisings.” Toyotomi Hideyoshi, dictator of Japan, Aug. 1588.
The second purpose of concealed carry is to provide us with the ability to protect ourselves from criminals. The bad guys will always have access to guns. Our limiting ourselves only gives criminals the upper hand.

Statistics prove that there is a drastic decrease of violent crimes in every state that has legalized concealed carry. What about the parents and children who will be forever scarred over the massacre at Columbine high school? How many of those parents do you think wish those teachers had concealed carry?

The thought of disarmament of the public leading to less crime has the same ironic stupidity of no gun zones. The only people who will respect the policies of no gun zones are upstanding citizens, leaving the door wide open to criminal activity.
I digress --. To go back to the first reason for the right to keep and bear arms according to the founding fathers: protection from the government.
“Men trained in arms from their infancy, and animated by the love of liberty, will afford neither a cheap or easy conquest” from the Declaration of the Continental Congress, July 1775.
"To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them” George Mason, speech of June 14, 1788.
“That the said Constitution shall never be construed to…prevent the people of the United states…from keeping their own arms... “ Samuel Adams.