Guns, Two Thoughts About
Dec. 12th, 2012 08:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chris_gerribThought The First
Late yesterday came news that the Federal courts have struck down Illinois' ban on concealed carry of guns. As a gun owner, I'm generally in favor of concealed carry. It's important to note that the court gave the state time to pass a law regulating carry. This will undoubtedly mean some sort of licensing scheme, as opposed to willie-nillie "just put it in your pocket."
Thought The Second
There was an interesting article on another blog entitled what risk management taught me about the Treyvon Martin shooting. It's a bit long, but worth the read. Three thoughts in that article that I want to highlight and agree with.
1) From the article: "One of the most important and yet troubling things that risk management has taught me is this: cultures often unintentionally and unknowingly signal tacit approval to people who wish to engage in extreme anti-social behavior." As I've said before, every organization needs a Doctor No - somebody who asks "what if?" The designer of the Titanic did not intend for the ship to sink, yet it did, taking him with it to the bottom.
2) The real villains of the Martin shooting were politicians who passed this law. From the article, " Never mind that it was a law designed to needlessly frighten people, and that didn’t actually solve an existing social problem. (You’ll notice prisons are not exactly overflowing with suburban fathers who shot armed murderers and rapists who were coming at them with knives.)"
3) Even (especially) in questionable cases, you want a full investigation. Assuming Zimmerman was in fact justified in shooting Martin, he'd be in a much better situation had such an investigation been conducted.
Late yesterday came news that the Federal courts have struck down Illinois' ban on concealed carry of guns. As a gun owner, I'm generally in favor of concealed carry. It's important to note that the court gave the state time to pass a law regulating carry. This will undoubtedly mean some sort of licensing scheme, as opposed to willie-nillie "just put it in your pocket."
Thought The Second
There was an interesting article on another blog entitled what risk management taught me about the Treyvon Martin shooting. It's a bit long, but worth the read. Three thoughts in that article that I want to highlight and agree with.
1) From the article: "One of the most important and yet troubling things that risk management has taught me is this: cultures often unintentionally and unknowingly signal tacit approval to people who wish to engage in extreme anti-social behavior." As I've said before, every organization needs a Doctor No - somebody who asks "what if?" The designer of the Titanic did not intend for the ship to sink, yet it did, taking him with it to the bottom.
2) The real villains of the Martin shooting were politicians who passed this law. From the article, " Never mind that it was a law designed to needlessly frighten people, and that didn’t actually solve an existing social problem. (You’ll notice prisons are not exactly overflowing with suburban fathers who shot armed murderers and rapists who were coming at them with knives.)"
3) Even (especially) in questionable cases, you want a full investigation. Assuming Zimmerman was in fact justified in shooting Martin, he'd be in a much better situation had such an investigation been conducted.
