Quote Originally Posted by Stuart View Post
I'm all for encouraging people who wish to carry a gun to get a permit; but this seems like pork barrel spending to me. All these legislators are going out and getting training just because they don't want to stand in line at work, not because they care about carrying a gun. I guess since they only need the permit, and don't have to carry the gun, it's probably not a big deal. It's still a spit in the face of gun rights activists though.
I don't see it that way. The more CCW holders the better. If more people have a reason to want to protect the right the better... who cares what the reason is?