D'oh! Very sorry for having forgotten, and thanks for resending it.
Eugene
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> From: [email protected] [mailto:firearmsregprof-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of C. D. Tavares
> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 11:38 PM
> To: Firearmsregprof
> Subject: Re: Sherrifs and police chiefs changing their mind about shall-issue
> after
> shall-issue laws were implemented
>
>
> On Jun 8, 2009, at 10:10 AM, Volokh, Eugene wrote:
>
> > Is there some set of quotes of sheriffs and police
> > chiefs changing their mind about shall-issue after shall-issue laws
> > were implemented? I'd love to see them (and forward them to someone
> > with whom I was talking about this). Many thanks,
>
> Hm... you asked exactly the same question on 2/12/08, and Joe Olsen
> responded with this list:
>
> * * *
>
> What Former Opponents Now Say About Right To Carry Reform Legislation
>
> Since that time I have had a change of heart because I think it is
> working very well.
> Florida Senator Ron Silver (Leading opponent of Right to Carry Reform)
> March 21, 1995
>
> I'm detecting that I'm eating a lot of crow on this issue.... I think
> that says something, that we've gotten to this point in the year and
> in the third largest city in America there has not been a single
> charge against anyone that had anything to do with a concealed handgun.
> John Holmes (Harris County [Houston, TX] District Attorney) December
> 9, 1996
>
> [Although data was collected from January 1, 1988 until May 31, 1990
> by the Metro-Dade Police Department] further research was not
> conducted due to the small number of ... permit holders found to be
> involved in incidents during the initial study period.
> Fred Taylor (Director, Metro-Dade Police Department September 17, 1991
>
> Police Officials Who Know, Have no Problem With Right to Carry Reform
>
> I am pleased to see the law has worked as anticipated. It is truly a
> model from which other states should build.
> Commissioner Edward M. Spooner (former 1st VP of Florida Police Chiefs
> Association) March 24, 1995
>
> It has impressed me how remarkably responsible the permit holders have
> been.
> Colonel James Wilson (Director Texas Department of Public Safety)
>
> The people who get these concealed handgun licenses are not the people
> we should be concerned about having firearms; these are law-abiding
> citizens.
> Captain F. Sherwood Stillman (Oregon State Police Coordinator)
> November 4, 1993
>
> Virginia has not turned into Dodge City. We have not seen a problem.
> Jerry Kilgore (Virginia Public Safety Secretary) November 1996
>
> When the [Florida] law was first passed, some people predicted it
> would be the OK Corral down here. Everyone would have a gun;
> everybody would be shooting everyone else. But that hasn't happened.
> Gerald Arenberg (President, American Police Federation) February 8, 1993
>
> Florida's Concealed Weapon law has been very successful. All major law
> enforcement groups supported the original legislation and in the 8
> years the program has been in place, none of those groups have
> requested any changes.
> John M. Russi (Director Florida Division of Licensing) December 5, 1995
>
> We've had no problems at all. They're [criminals] concerned because
> they don't know who's got a gun. Why take the chance?
> Sheriff B. J. Barnes (Gilford County, North Carolina) December 29, 1996
>
> From everything we've been able to gather, people with permits are
> not out there committing crimes. The people who do commit the crimes
> give two hoots and a holler about obtaining a permit.
> Major Dean DeJong (Miami Police Department) May 10, 1992
>
> As we had seen in other states ..., the fears of the naysayers have
> not come to fruition. But the facts speak for themselves. None of
> those horror stories have materialized.
> Sheriff David Williams (Terrant County [Ft. Worth] Texas) July 17, 1996
>
> Police Can't Eliminate Need for Right to Carry Reform
>
> We are very limited in how much we [the police] can protect people.
> Chief Dean Mooney (Golden Valley Police Department) February 10, 1996
>
> [The police] are under no general duty to provide...police protection,
> to any particular individual citizen
> Warren v. District, 444 A2d 1h, 3h (DC App. 1981), accord Silver v.
> Minneapolis, 170 NW 2d 206 (Meinen. 1969)
>
> * * *
>
> And, although it doesn't concern CCW, my personal favorite:
>
>
>
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