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At a time
when the nature of our mass-shooting problem urges more circumspection,
more responsibility on the part of gun owners, the law has barreled in
the other direction: Concealed carry is easier than ever, in more places
than ever; open carry is supplanting it in many states. My worries
about carrying in courthouses and arenas seems quaint as states expand carry laws to cover virtually every space,
even schools. (As a university instructor, I could only imagine the
reaction from my students were I to strain to erase a note on a
whiteboard and let a glimpse of my .357 pop up beneath my shirt.)
Florida's
required concealed-carry course can now be taken in minutes at a gun
show, revolving-door style. I doubt they even bother with that
black-man-with-the-tire-iron scenario nowadays, since stand your ground
has effectively taken away a gun owner's duty to retreat, to seek any
way out of a nasty situation before turning it into a shootout. A recent expansion of the law
even makes it legal to brandish your gun or pinch off a warning shot,
which would have been unthinkable in the now-halcyon days of concealed
carry's infancy.
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