The sheriffs of Laclede, St. Clair and Vernon counties in Missouri announced this week that they would lower the cost of applications for concealed carry permits, according to Springfield, Missouri, television station KY3.
Wayne Merritt, the sheriff of Laclede County, told KY3 that in light of the shootings in Paris and San Bernardino, California, he wants to encourage Americans to defend themselves.
“The government has already said they can’t keep track of all these home-grown terrorists, so we can’t be everywhere at the same time, so people have to be able to defend themselves,” Merritt said. “Paris, as you know, has one of the strictest gun laws in the world — people can’t just go out and buy a gun like they can in the United States.”
Merritt will lower the cost of a concealed carry permit application from $100 to $65.
Jody Jamieson, an employee at the Friendly Firearms gun shop in Lebanon, Missouri, told KY3 that he’s seen a lot of people come in recently to purchase a handgun and inquire about concealed carry permits.
“I know word has gotten out pretty quick,” he said.
"Paris, as you know, has one of the strictest gun laws in the world — people can’t just go out and buy a gun like they can in the United States."
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It’s the new arms race.
Because nothing make you feel safe like knowing every idiot you see is carrying a gun they’re barely trained to handle.
Maybe the GOP can add CCW & sporting good shops to their local SNAP programs?
I think that’s next in the red states. Corn flakes, milk and a Smith and Wesson.
Of course, Paris and France in general is far, FAR more violent then the United State because of their strict gun laws, right?
You folks wishing for TX to not be the most embarrassing state get to be queen for a day.