Four years after allowing universal ‘concealed carry’ law, Maine rated safest state in the nation

[hadit]

Killing DemonRAT talking points one at a tim

Since 2015, residents of the state of Maine have been allowed to carry a concealed firearm without any special permit, and now the results are in: crime has fallen to the point where the state is now rated the safest in the nation from the threat of crime. The Maine Examiner reports:

When Maine passed a “Constitutional Carry” law allowing Maine residents to carry a concealed firearm without any special permit in 2015, opponents of the law forecast a dangerous future for the state. They said the new law would hurt public safety and put Maine kids at risk.

One state representative who opposed the bill went so far as to say it would give Mainers a reason to be afraid every time they went out in public or to work.

Another state representative suggested the law would lead to violent criminals with recent arrests and convictions legally carrying handguns.

They were wrong, as wrong as the San Francisco Board of Supervisors labeling the NRA a “terrorist organization.” And for the same reason, the notion that a physical object, not human beings, causes evil. The US News &World Report rankings of the safest states has named Maine as the safest state in the nation.

Public safety makes up 50 percent of the Best States for crime & corrections ranking. This subcategory evaluates both the violent crime rate and the property crime rate in each state, as measured by the FBI in 2017. Though some major cities, such as Chicago and Baltimore, have seen drastic increases in homicides in recent years, overall violent crime and property crime rates remain near historic lows.

A higher state ranking indicates a lower crime rate for these metrics. Maine ranks first in the nation for public safety.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com

So, nothing has changed, they went from the safest state in the nation to the safest state in the nation.

Anyone with a brain saw that coming.

That means that the idiots predicting disaster had no brains.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Killing DemonRAT talking points one at a tim

Since 2015, residents of the state of Maine have been allowed to carry a concealed firearm without any special permit, and now the results are in: crime has fallen to the point where the state is now rated the safest in the nation from the threat of crime. The Maine Examiner reports:

When Maine passed a “Constitutional Carry” law allowing Maine residents to carry a concealed firearm without any special permit in 2015, opponents of the law forecast a dangerous future for the state. They said the new law would hurt public safety and put Maine kids at risk.

One state representative who opposed the bill went so far as to say it would give Mainers a reason to be afraid every time they went out in public or to work.

Another state representative suggested the law would lead to violent criminals with recent arrests and convictions legally carrying handguns.

They were wrong, as wrong as the San Francisco Board of Supervisors labeling the NRA a “terrorist organization.” And for the same reason, the notion that a physical object, not human beings, causes evil. The US News &World Report rankings of the safest states has named Maine as the safest state in the nation.

Public safety makes up 50 percent of the Best States for crime & corrections ranking. This subcategory evaluates both the violent crime rate and the property crime rate in each state, as measured by the FBI in 2017. Though some major cities, such as Chicago and Baltimore, have seen drastic increases in homicides in recent years, overall violent crime and property crime rates remain near historic lows.

A higher state ranking indicates a lower crime rate for these metrics. Maine ranks first in the nation for public safety.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com

So, nothing has changed, they went from the safest state in the nation to the safest state in the nation.

Anyone with a brain saw that coming.

That means that the idiots predicting disaster had no brains.

Obviously, anyone that thought normal law abiding citizens would go crazy just because of carrying a gun, was not thinking at all

 

[kyzr]

The GOP was supposed to make a universal carry law so that you could carry in any state without getting arrested. This map shows "reciprocity" between the states, whereby you could only carry in states that respect your home state permit.
Concealed Carry Permit Reciprocity Maps v5.1 (Updated Mar. 23, 2019)

This PA mom was arrested in NJ because her PA carry permit was not accepted.
Pardoned by Christie, woman pushed for change to U.S. gun laws - nj.com

I hope the Feds agree on a "Universal Carry" law so that law abiding citizens can carry anywhere.