The Republican-controlled state House of Representatives in Michigan just pushed through some perfectly idiotic and unsafe Republican legislation.
It was not immediately clear whether Michigan's Republican Governor Rick Snyder supports the bill. But the measure, if also approved in a Senate vote, could automatically become law 14 days after reaching the governor's desk unless he vetoes it.
The legislation would lift a requirement that handgun owners obtain a concealed pistol license with a $100 fee to legally carry the weapon in public.
Handgun owners also would be allowed carry a concealed pistol in public without the firearms training that is currently mandated.
Why would you want people to have training? Who needs a permit? It’s not like I need a permit to drive, right? Oh, I do? Well, the Founding Fathers never wrote an Amendment about driving, amirite? Reuters has the perfect, paranoid reasoning why the people who voted yes on this bill are also the same reason why this bill shouldn’t become law.
"We all know criminals are not paying fees, taking classes and waiting for approval to come in the mail before they begin carrying guns," Michigan state Representative Michele Hoitenga, sponsor of the bill, said in a statement.
The legislation "levels the playing field for honest people," she said.
No, this just means that more people can have guns. And more guns means less safety for people. It’s a math thing. And since math is the sibling of “science,” you might not understand.