# Concealed carry what a good idea **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 17, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concealed-carry-what-a-good-idea/755015 "2016-05-17T18:04:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![spamforbrains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@spamforbrains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spamforbrains)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concealed-carry-what-a-good-idea/755015/1 "2016-05-17T18:04:17Z")
I hope they took away his concealed-carry permit: > **["Knucklehead situation" leads to shooting at Kansas high school graduation](https://www.wowt.com/content/news/Knucklehead-situation-leads-to-shooting-at-high-school-graduation-379593741.html)** > > Two people were wounded at a high school graduation ceremony in southern Kansas Sunday afternoon after a man with a concealed weapon permit adjusted a sock he had stuffed a pistol into. "Two people were wounded at a high school graduation ceremony in southern Kansas Sunday afternoon after a man with a concealed weapon permit adjusted a sock he had stuffed a pistol into. Augusta Police Chief Tyler Brewer said the shooting was accidental and described it as a “knucklehead situation.” The bullet went through the man’s foot and traveled about another 50 feet before striking a woman in her calf. " ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concealed-carry-what-a-good-idea/755015/2 "2016-05-17T18:18:19Z")
[Here’s at least part of the problem.](https://www.rt.com/usa/246645-kansas-concealed-carry-law-signed/) > [@](#): > > Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (R) signed a law authorizing the **carrying of concealed handguns in the state without a license or a training requirement.** When it goes into effect, Kansas will become the fifth state with such a concealed carry law. What could possibly go wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concealed-carry-what-a-good-idea/755015/3 "2016-05-17T18:26:25Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Here’s at least part of the problem.](https://www.rt.com/usa/246645-kansas-concealed-carry-law-signed/) > > What could possibly go wrong? Heckuva job, Brownie! ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concealed-carry-what-a-good-idea/755015/4 "2016-05-17T19:57:04Z")
Hey now, the idiot referenced in the OP presumably had the required training - so it doesn’t appear that allowing untrained concealed carry is going to be significantly more dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concealed-carry-what-a-good-idea/755015/5 "2016-05-17T21:24:38Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Here’s at least part of the problem.](https://www.rt.com/usa/246645-kansas-concealed-carry-law-signed/) > > What could possibly go wrong? I’ve got news for you. Nine states allow constitutional carry, some of which have done so for many years. There has been no bloodbath in those states, either deliberate or accidental. So take your ignorance and your hatred elsewhere. They’re not wanted here. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concealed-carry-what-a-good-idea/755015/6 "2016-05-17T21:35:14Z")
> [@Flyer](#): > > I’ve got news for you. Nine states allow constitutional carry, some of which have done so for many years. There has been no bloodbath in those states, either deliberate or accidental. > > So take your ignorance and your hatred elsewhere. They’re not wanted here. I’m a gunowner. I don’t want every ignorant dumbfuck carrying without understanding both the fact they carry a lethal weapon and not knowing the law regarding using that weapon. How many stories have there been “I didn’t know it was loaded”, I thought my child couldn’t reach it", I was too stupid to be sure of my target before I shot my spouse/child" I see the idiots open carrying and their tactical awareness and general gunhandling is beyond appalling. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concealed-carry-what-a-good-idea/755015/7 "2016-05-17T21:44:06Z")
Hey - just 'cause the fellow is too poor to buy an ankle holster ain’t no reason he shouldn’t be allowed to carry a gun - As God Intended When He Wrote the Constitution! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concealed-carry-what-a-good-idea/755015/8 "2016-05-17T21:44:10Z")
> [@Flyer](#): > > I’ve got news for you. Nine states allow constitutional carry, some of which have done so for many years. There has been no bloodbath in those states, either deliberate or accidental. > > So take your ignorance and your hatred elsewhere. They’re not wanted here. if you want to give people deadly weapons without giving them any training in how/when to use them, then I’m afraid the ignorance is going to stay put when the people you despise leave. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concealed-carry-what-a-good-idea/755015/9 "2016-05-17T22:08:07Z")
On the upside, the woman who got shot can now sue that nimrod of a constitutional-carryist (and they are all, **all** nimrods) for more money than he will ever make in his miserable, pathetic life. After he gets out of jail, that is. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concealed-carry-what-a-good-idea/755015/10 "2016-05-17T22:27:45Z")
This is a very interesting topic, but if you’ll excuse me, gentlemen, I’m heading home to exercise my 21st Amendment rights. - **VT** , Constitutional Quaffer