OH: Concealed Carry of Weapons Becomes Mainstream

LIMA — When Ohio first licensed citizens to carry a concealed handgun nearly 10 years ago, then U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine was a little skeptical.

He wasn’t so sure it was a good idea.

But after nearly 10 years of concealed carry not only has DeWine, the current Ohio Attorney General whose office oversees the program, changed his mind but he became a supporter. He’s also a licensed concealed carrier.

Crish also is hearing from a lot of people who opposed allowing citizens the right to carry concealed handguns but now support it, he said.

“That shock is over. When it first happened, it was ‘Oh, that guy’s carrying a gun.’ It’s now accepted by a lot of people. It’s almost second nature. It’s not, ‘Wow, you got a CCW,’” Crish said.

“I’m seeing people in class, who seven or eight years ago, were against it. They not only accept carrying a gun but more importantly understand those who do are not dangerous, they just want to protect themselves and their families,” Farmer said.

 The people who cannot accept this are those who have invested part of their identity in the discredited “Progressive elite”  model.  It is extremely hard for an adult to change their basic assumptions about reality.  It hardly ever happens because of a rational presentation of evidence.  Fortunately, such people are a small percentage of the population.  Unfortunately, they are vastly overrepresented in academia, the old media, and in “progressive” circles generally.  One of the credos of the far left is “The Masses are Asses”, which is a fair representation of the “Progressive elite” model.   Disprove that assertion, and you threaten their identity, so they tenaciously cling to the position, despite all evidence to the contrary.  

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