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AP Photo/Steven Senne The phrase “good moral character,” in and of itself, isn’t an issue. We all value people of such character, as we should. They’re people you can trust with pretty much anything. Such folks can be handed the emergency key to your house and you never even blink about it.
However, that particular phrase has a history with guns and gun laws, and that history is problematic.
As Cam noted on Monday , such a definition is likely to be weaponized in such a way as to keep certain people from getting carry permits. After all, they can no longer tell you that you must show a good reason to get one, so they’re likely to find new and interesting ways to limit who can get a permit.
This is especially troubling in a day and age when simply disagreeing with progressive orthodoxy is sufficient to get one labeled as […]
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