More seek concealed weapons permits
August 4, 2009 by Detonics Staff
Via USA Today
Gun owners are packing heat in record numbers, fearful of stricter gun control under the Obama administration and higher crime in a sour economy.
They also say they fear gun control, he says. Last week, Boydston spoke with an elderly couple seeking a permit. “They are positive the president is on the verge of coming to our homes and taking our weapons,” he says.
Statewide, the Missouri State Highway Patrol has processed 18,878 background checks so far this year for the permits, the most since the agency began keeping statistics in 2005, Lt. John Hotz says. It processed 18,466 checks during all of last year.
In May, Obama signed a law that will allow guns in national parks. “The president respects and supports the Second Amendment and the tradition of gun ownership in this country,” White House spokesman Ben LaBolt says.
Interest groups on both sides agree that demand for permits is up because of economic uncertainty and concerns about a new president and a Democrat-controlled Congress.
Gun owners are packing heat in record numbers, fearful of stricter gun control under the Obama administration and higher crime in a sour economy.
They also say they fear gun control, he says. Last week, Boydston spoke with an elderly couple seeking a permit. “They are positive the president is on the verge of coming to our homes and taking our weapons,” he says.
Statewide, the Missouri State Highway Patrol has processed 18,878 background checks so far this year for the permits, the most since the agency began keeping statistics in 2005, Lt. John Hotz says. It processed 18,466 checks during all of last year.
In May, Obama signed a law that will allow guns in national parks. “The president respects and supports the Second Amendment and the tradition of gun ownership in this country,” White House spokesman Ben LaBolt says.
Interest groups on both sides agree that demand for permits is up because of economic uncertainty and concerns about a new president and a Democrat-controlled Congress.