Proponents Look to Expand Concealed Carry Law

If Mr. Hagan can predict where, when, and how I will be attacked then I will only carry my gun then. Until that time I believe I will carry everywhere possible and exercise my Constitutional RIGHT to self protection.

this will reduce crime, not raise it.

welcome to the wild wild west

OK SO YOU WANT TO GET GUNS OFF THE STREET, I’M ALL FOR THAT. But let’s start with the illegal guns and the criminals who use them, not the law abiding properly licensed citizens who own and handle their firearms properly. But politicians like Mr. Hagen are more worried about securing their future by grabbing headline instead of passing laws to help the police and courts address the problem. For him and politicos like him it is easier to go after the law-abiding citizens then to go after the criminals. They think that by going after licensed hand gun owners and their guns that they are solving the problem. If they would spend that time and effort to go after the people who carry illegally and commit crimes I would not feel the need to have to carry to defend myself. The criminals carry illegally all the time and everywhere. Some shop owners sign in the window is not going to stop them. They carry in daycare centers, schools at Wal-Mart and the mall. The only places they don’t carry are the places where they know they will get caught. Court houses and police departments or any where they have to go through a check. The only deterrent to them is not knowing if the person they are about to rob or assault is armed. Attacking properly licensed hand gun owners and restricting the places they can carry only ads to the criminals feeling of security, that they can use their handgun in those places because they will not have any opposition from a Licensed handgun owner and everyone their become their victim. Licensed Handgun owners are not the problem restricting them from carrying is playing into the hands of criminals and giving them more opportunities to victimize.

If anyone wants to bring a gun in a daycare or football stadium there is nothing that is going to stop them. Illegal or not the bad guys always do what they want anyway. This atleast gives the good guys a right to defend themselves.

to carry, you must complete a background check and show that you are efficient at using it. If you do not use good judgement with it, the law will come down on you hard. I never have had to pull my handgun, and hopefully I never will, but I will be there to defend my family, myself, or an innocent citizen who is in need of help.

Guns in a daycare center means that Mom doesn't have to take the gun out of her purse while dropping off her kid. That's all it means. That's better than handing it, and leaving it in an unattended vehicle. Hagan got the reaction he wanted from you, justamom. He was playing on your emotions, and lack of knowledge on Ohio gun laws. He played you for a sucker.

Allowing guns in a day care center.... now that is beyond absurd. yeah, you'd better be prepared in case one of those 2 year olds tries to rob you. Can anyone predict what will happen when you allow people to carry guns into a Browns-Steelers game? Enough already! This is madness.

Mr.Hagan, you are right. There are already too many guns on the streets. The problem is, they are mostly being carried by criminals who intend to do bad things with them. Criminals with think twice before they attemp to rob someone, if they may have a gun. It is every citizen's right to bear arms. That is if you believe in the Constitution.