The Las Vegas Review-Journal has an editorial that spends a significant amount of space discussing our recent writings. The entire piece is worth reading, but here is part of it:
This was ably demonstrated by John Lott Jr., president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, who recently penned an opinion piece for the Chicago Tribune. A CPRC study showed that the average fee for a concealed handgun permit is $67, but it is much higher in heavily Democratic states.
In California, which Hillary Clinton won by about 30 points, fees can be as high as $385 for just two years. In New York City, where she won by 60 points, a three-year permit costs $430.
Furthermore, Mr. Lott writes, blue states such as California and Illinois require training hours that are four times the national average, adding hundreds of dollars to the cost of a concealed-carry license. In liberal stronghold Illinois, permit and training fees run to $450. In Indiana next door, GOP territory, the total comes to about $50. And there are many other mandates in some blue states that make owning a firearm as unattainable as possible for anyone except those with money and connections. . . .
“The cops can’t be everywhere at once,” Mr. Lott noted. “Indeed, they rarely respond to live crime scenes at all. But unfortunately for poor people living in the country’s most violent neighborhoods, Democrats just don’t trust them with guns.”
If Democrats really want to stand up for the little guy, perhaps they should do more to let the little guy stand up for himself.
The entire piece is available here.
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