# Legalize carrying guns... but only for women!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legalize-carrying-guns-but-only-for-women/65342>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 13, 2001, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legalize-carrying-guns-but-only-for-women/65342 "2001-05-13T21:38:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legalize-carrying-guns-but-only-for-women/65342/21 "2001-05-18T14:35:35Z")

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> \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \*  
> \*\*T’hell with the guns… I think we should legalize the carrying of swords. Broadswords, cutlasses, rapiers, katanas, short swords, scimitars… imagine the Utopian society this would lead to, with everyone carrying a sword about with them, on their backs or dangling from their wastes.
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> Gangfighting would sure get interesting THEN, I guarantee it… \*\*

This is legal in Florida already!!!  
Though, not too many people take advantage of it by walking around with a broad sword sheathed on their back. But they could if they wanted. Are you sure it is not legal where you are? You may be suprised…

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**Author:** ![Hibbins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ce73a5/32.png) [@Hibbins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hibbins)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legalize-carrying-guns-but-only-for-women/65342/22 "2001-05-18T15:45:41Z")

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> I think the most interesting thing you said in that last post was that there should be a training program for anyone who buys guns. I don’t know if this is already a requirement in the process of getting a gun license and buying a gun. I really doubt it is, and if this is the case, then perhaps it should be.

Gun License? Do you refer to a “Concealed Carry Permit”, or a Handgun Purchase Permit? Guns, or handgun?

I don’t mean to be too particular, but here in MN you don’t need to have training to buy a gun (rifle, shotgun, handgun, whatever), just as you don’t need training to buy a car or a motorcycle. You do need to apply for a permit to purchase a handgun, and you must take training courses as part of the qualification process for a concealed carry permit.

Regardless, for their own safety and that of others, gun owning law abiding citizens should feel obligated to educate themselves in the proper handling and use of their firearms.

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**Author:** ![celestina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@celestina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/celestina)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legalize-carrying-guns-but-only-for-women/65342/23 "2001-05-20T22:03:46Z")

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Thanks, Hibbons. I did a search on [http://www.metacrawler.com](http://www.metacrawler.com) using the terms “handgun purchase permit” and “concealed carry permit” and found a lot of things that frighten me and even moreso confirm my conviction to never own a gun. Certain states require you to show proof that you’ve taken a gun safety course before you can get a permit to carry a concealed weapon or a handgun. See:  
[http://www.courtbar.org/gun.html](http://www.courtbar.org/gun.html)

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            http://www.usit.net/hp/guncraft/carrytn.html

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There was also reference to the fact that some state legislatures, like in Texas, are passing legislation to ease up on the requirements that people take a gun safety course in order to be eligible for hangun or concealed weapon permit. Granted this article is dated 1997, but the fact that it was even happening then is scary.  
See: [http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/052897/senate.htm](http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/052897/senate.htm)

But the site that I found most compelling was the following:

Violence&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ecphv%2Eorg&frameid=1&providerid=0&uid=10236060

This is by The Center to Prevent Hangun Violence. On it they list all sorts of information from statistics about how stringent gun laws have worked to decrease gun violence and stories about how people who qualified (e.g. showed proof of having taken gun safety courses among other things) for permits to carry handguns or to have concealed weapons still used guns irresponsibly. [shudder]

I know my search is not exhaustive and that I’ve barely touched the tip of the iceberg on this, but I know a little more than I did.

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