Bloodbath, Part III - Someone

Bloodbath, Part III - Someone asked me in another regional forum - why was I harping so hard about last week's stories about concealed carry (a St. Paul man caught the guy who kyped his car using his permitted pistol, and a number of local bars displaying "NO GUNS ON PREMISES" signs have been robbed at gunpoint).

Simple - the Minnesota Personal Protection Act's opponents predicted dire consequences for shall issue at every turn; every fender bender was supposed to be a potential shootout; people would be mowing themselves, and innocents, down over the sort of argument they now supposedly settle peacefully.

Of course, that's been wrong in every other state that's ratified shall-issue.

"Show us that the crime rate is dropping", this person (who has always opposed shall-issue) asked. Er, that'll take a while; stats take a while to build up (watch, the Brady Bunch will blame that on guns, too...).

Here's why I harped on the incidents last week, which in the great scheme of things don't amount to a whole lot in the long term, the main point is this; the left lied.

No, a prediction that doesn't come true ("There'll be blood in the streeeeets!") isn't a lie. But a prediction made with the intent to scare people into adopting your point of view, all the while knowing that in the 32 states that went before yours in adopting the law had pretty much the opposite experience?

I'll be charitable; it's the sort of grossly-misleading attack that only a weasel would even attempt.

Told you I'd be charitable.

Anyway - I highlighted the stories to show exactly how disjointed from reality the anti-concealed-carry side is in Minnesota. And there's more to come!