This is not a guns right thread and I don't want it to turn into one.

seems like it already has to some extent, so i'm throwing my .02 worth in.
contrary to what happens in some parts of the country maybe, but home invasions, murder, robbery, etc. have become pretty commonplace here in Kansas City and it's suburbs. this is not "sensationalist media", but fact that nearly every night there is a murder in the metropolitan Kansas City area. i live in a relatively quiet middle-class neighborhood, but lately has become very crime ridden. just last week about ten blocks from my house, a 67 year old police chaplin was out walking and robbed by three youths. knocked him down, took his wallet, watch, and police i.d. with badge! the suspects age......9-12 years old!! home invasions....about three in the last month here in Raytown alone. robberies to convenience stores.....too numerous to count!! if there is only one instance where a gunman comes into a restaurant to "shoot up" the place, you better hope to hell the guy next to you is packing if you're not!! or, you better not take your family there to begin with.
btw, Rudy just took his conceal class yesterday in Kansas. talked to him some about it, and Kansas is about the same as Missouri and other states...firing range qualified, written test, background check, then after all that if i understood him right, you exchange your drivers license for another drivers license that shows you are registered for conceal and carry.
Bud