| Concealed Carry Effective and Popular in Kentucky |
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| Written by Mike Kinsey | |
| Wednesday, 17 January 2007 | |
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A new series entitled “Under the Gun” is being published on the website for a Kentucky television station, WBKO. The first installment of this series describes our southern neighbors’ successful implementation of their concealed carry laws. The article begins generally by stating that there are nearly 192 million firearms owned in the United States and 500,000 accounts are reported each year of justified self-defense with a concealed handgun when outside the home. Obviously, that number would drastically increase if incidents inside the home were included as well as justified self-defense uses that are never reported due to de-escalation of the situation. While these numbers speak to the effectiveness of concealed carry throughout Kentucky and the rest of the country, the article also specifically describes the popularity of Kentucky licenses since the law went into effect in Ocotober of 1996 as well as the law-abiding nature of the citizens that receive them. "You have to be in danger of harm to yourself or others in order for you to use deadly force or meet force with force," said Deborah Williams, a concealed carry Instructor and permit holder…Hopefully, WBKO’s “Under the Gun” series will continue to include impartial facts regarding concealed carry and legal firearm ownership. Legislators in Ohio need to look to Kentucky for proof that several restrictions that exist here in regards to law-abiding citizens carrying firearms are completely extraneous and unnecessary. The first that comes to mind is the lack of "blood running in Kentucky streets" regarding the fact that Kentucky doesn't prohibit one's right to self-defense during a family dinner in an establishment that happens to serve alcohol. |