22 March 2006

Kansas gov. vetos crime reduction bill

TOPEKA — Gov. Kathleen Sebelius vetoed a bill Tuesday that would allow Kansans to carry concealed weapons, setting up a face-off with lawmakers already vowing to attempt to overrule her.
In a statement attached to her veto of the concealed-weapons bill, Sebelius said she could not “support allowing hidden weapons into businesses, restaurants, malls and any number of other public places.”

Now will someone please tell me why an elected official, who knows that concealed carry laws lower crime, would veto this bill. Do the liberals really want more crime? She must know that the "bad guys" already have "hidden weapons in businesses, restaurants, malls and any number of other public places.”

“I continue to hear from the police chiefs and other law enforcement officials, members of the clergy, health-care workers and employers throughout our state that concealed weapons on the streets make our citizens less safe and secure,” she said.

What about the statistics that say self defense saves lives, Governor? Everywhere CCW laws took effect, crime went down, regardless of what Deputy Dog, Father Mahoney, and Dr. Spock say. And the worse part is, she knows it, she just hopes you are to stupid to know it.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I don't think I'm too fond of the idea of knowing a bunch of people around me could have a concealed weapon on them (but that's from a person who knows nothing about guns), but then again, if im in a store or a bank where a 'bad guy' decides to pull a gun, i'd feel a lot better if there was a 'good guy' that had one to even the odds