tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post6065000856967765654..comments2024-01-05T12:03:52.460-05:00Comments on No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money: North Carolina Is No. 27. Why Not No. 1?John Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151468462458613615noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-7205908250601343892013-10-27T14:51:14.522-04:002013-10-27T14:51:14.522-04:00The rankings are not without their flaws, but the ...The rankings are not without their flaws, but the question to be answered here is probably "Compared to what?". That being the case I put the rankings in XL and got a graph that suggests that while 70 is indeed better than 68, the big drop happens at 60. If your state is doing better than that, you're on the happy side of the list.Billllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13913354887560267235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-81034530943007160722013-10-26T13:03:40.548-04:002013-10-26T13:03:40.548-04:00I can't take seriously any system which scores...I can't take seriously any system which scores a <i>de facto</i> shall issue state like Connecticut behind almost no issue states like Delaware (well, don't know the details of that state) and no issue unless you <i>really</i> need it Maryland.<br /><br />As noted by AnonymousOctober 25, 2013 at 12:02 PM, preemption is damn near paramount; without it you're limited to traveling in localities who's laws you keep up on. I'd hardly rate them as concealed carry regimes to begin with.ThatWouldBeTellinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16910231314995266781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-91478664528375146102013-10-25T19:41:33.867-04:002013-10-25T19:41:33.867-04:00They misstated AK's non-res requirements in th...They misstated AK's non-res requirements in their text (none). If you're Federally legal to possess, resident or non-resident, citizen or non-citizen, you can OC at 18 and CC at 21.<br /><br />Further, their points for offering non-res permits are bass-ackward. I left a long comment there but they need to give big points for not requiring non-res to have any permit at all (Con Carry states), slightly less for allowing non-res carry on a permit and rate that on a sliding scale based on how many out-of-state permits qualify (wide reciprocity), and the least points for requiring a state-issued non-res permit to carry in that state.<br /><br />That Con-Carry Alaska loses points for not offering a non-res permit when one isn't required is essentially penalizing it for not being FL or Utah and being a reciprocity mill. That isn't being non-gun friendly by any rational stretch, there's no moral state obligation to provide a means for reciprocity in third states for non-residents when you don't restrict their carry within your own state at all.<br /><br />Damn pinko thinking, if I do say so. ;) Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414687981098467556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-37851667360537555432013-10-25T16:28:25.234-04:002013-10-25T16:28:25.234-04:00You make a very good point about the importance of...You make a very good point about the importance of preemption. One need only look to the problems you could run into in New York State versus New York City.John Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03151468462458613615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-77044816110782000492013-10-25T12:40:32.547-04:002013-10-25T12:40:32.547-04:00I think they need to re-calculate Oregon's sco...I think they need to re-calculate Oregon's score. They gave her 64 points, ranking her 37th.<br /><br />Reading through the criteria, I wouldn't have awarded more than 60, tops. The Stand-Your-Ground/Castle-Doctrine laws protect against criminal prosecutions but offer absolutely no protections against civil suits (I'd dock more than two points for that, personally), and while we have a "state preemption" statute, it's immediately followed by several other statutes granting firearms regulatory authority to counties, cities, and municipalities, and many of them (*cough* Portland and Multnomah County *cough*) do. I'd grant two or three points for partial preemption, but not the full five.<br /><br />Still, nice sum-up of how friendly (or not) states are to CCW'ers.Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378629103793458871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-75513704742971773942013-10-25T12:02:17.649-04:002013-10-25T12:02:17.649-04:00Interesting, but speaking as a lawyer (I know whic...Interesting, but speaking as a lawyer (I know which blog this is, yes ;) ) preemption should be worth considerably more than 5 points. I don't really care whether my permit costs $150 or $10, since I don't have to renew it very often, but knowing I can't be thrown in jail because I'm violating the city ordinance of some one-stoplight town I got pulled over in is worth a heck of a lot. Even for lawyers, keeping track of the details of each city and county's gun laws when there is no preemption is a huge pain in the rear. How is the average person supposed to do that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-62992954829849279972013-10-25T08:49:57.259-04:002013-10-25T08:49:57.259-04:00Damn, you're right. See what happens when I po...Damn, you're right. See what happens when I post before I've finished my first cup of coffee!John Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03151468462458613615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-54224536735488996072013-10-25T08:14:02.749-04:002013-10-25T08:14:02.749-04:00According to the article, Virginia ranked 11th. We...According to the article, Virginia ranked 11th. West Virginia came in at 32nd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com