IHOP - NATIONAL GUARD, ASSAULT WEAPONS KILL - NRA WRONG, GUN REGS NEEDED

Michigan Open Carry Law - is wrong...

The Second Amendment does not guarantee that every citizen can carry a gun - this Amendment was written in the 1791 - 220 years ago, when war weary American's were afraid of the British, French, Canadians, Germans, Native Americans - there was no US Army, no organized militias, no state police, no local police, you had to protect your family and home by yourself, by any means necessary, it was a dangerous times.

This is a contentious issue, 220 years later - now the United States has a standing Army,National Guard, FBI, Border Patrol, state and local police etc etc etc, crime is on the rise and fear mongers are every where, disguised as politicians, private citizens, and opportunists ready to stir up trouble and make money.

Carrying a gun is a dangerous and serious undertaking and should only be done by trained professionals - I would not prevent a person from possessing a gun - in the home - or the use of it to protect the home and family, but to take the gun onto the streets - must be strictly regulated, and so should the registration and purchase of guns / weapons. {note: you are more likely to kill a family member, in the home, husband, wife, children, that a burglar}.

I am a retired Detroit Police Officer and spent eight weeks - training, shooting and learning the law on 'when to shoot'...currently to obtain a CPL, it takes eight (8) hours of supposed training to pass a required course. I have a CPL, I have been properly trained to carry a weapon and know 'when to shoot'...

I do not know all of the provisions of the Open Carry Gun Law, but restrictions include areas that a gun may not be carried open or concealed by the public, which presents, to me a 'clear and present danger' to the public at large - guns cannot be carried onto 'pistol free zones': school property, college campuses, bars, restaurants, sports arenas, churches - so a person with a lawful permit has to store the gun in their vehicle - an unsafe place to secure a gun of any kind, considering the number of breaking and entering's to motor vehicles, and especially dangerous, if other people know that a location is where - gun carrying people congregate.

The National Rifle Association is and has been irresponsible in opposing common sense laws, concerning the registration and ownership of guns - and most especially assault style weapons, most recently used to kill National Guard personnel in an IHOP, in Nevada, and responsible for hundreds of deaths in the US, Mexico and around the world. There is no need for a US resident to own a military assault weapon.

Michigan has experienced no upsurge in shootings because of 'open carry' or the easing of getting a CPL, but neither has there been a decrease in crime - but a gun, in the hands of an insufficiently trained person is a threat to the general public.