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Why Should Concealed Carry Burden Sheriff’s Departments?

Grant County Sheriff Keith Govier

Grant County Sheriff Keith Govier.

We just received a friendly e-mail from Grant County Sheriff Keith Govier. In part, Govier expressed concern about concealed carry becoming burdensome to departments. Given tightening budgets and staffing challenges in the wake of the economic meltdown, that’s an understandable concern. He wrote:

In the past the legislation that was introduced was not friendly to sheriff’s and eventually opposed the legislation. There are many sheriff’s who will be supporting CCW if it is reasonably crafted legislation that is not burdensome on sheriffs.

My response:

Constitutional Carry, by definition, wouldn’t require any permit process or background checks – so there wouldn’t be any involvement from sheriffs or other law enforcement agencies experiencing budget or staffing challenges. It’s simply a return to an inalienable right, such as free speech or freedom of religion.
Everyday we hear new stories of cities and municipalities teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, and the cutting back of police forces because the money simply isn’t there. Can you imagine how quickly this deterioration of public services would accelerate if the police were tasked with administering permits for speech, religion, press, etc.? Add to the mix a new burden of having them issue permits and conduct background checks for bearing arms — concealed carry is also an inalienable right — and my guess is you’d see even more sheriff’s departments run out of cash.
Let’s support our sheriff’s departments by letting them go after the bad guys and leave the business of bearing arms in its proper place to be decided upon and exercised by the individual.
A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. — Amendment II, Bill of Rights
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