Concealed Weapons

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This paper explains that a new issue regarding concealed weapons has been created by states, such as Missouri, passing new loaded and concealed weapon laws that allow the great majority of the state's residents to carry a concealed weapon solely because they want to. The author stresses that, even though the law forbids a concealed weapon permit from being issued to anyone under a certain age, having a protective order out against them, having a history of drunk driving or of felonies or violent misdemeanors, it is impossible to keep loaded, concealed guns from people who should not have them. The paper relates that an opposing argument is that the Second Amendment justifies allowing most people to carry weapons. Argument outline included.

From the Paper:

"There is a large population of people, however, who do not yet have any criminal history but who might want a weapon for all the wrong reasons. Many bank robbers wait until after their 23rd birthday (the minimum age in Missouri) to rob their first bank. Many men and women who eventually become abusive spouses have committed no violence or stalking toward the opposite sex that early in life. A spouse who intended to keep an obsessive hold on another might well now apply for a gun permit before the other person had any cause to get a restraining order."

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