A permit and background check is still needed — I don’t see the problem. I wouldn’t mind them adding some sort of competence test for the permit (i.e. if you’re gonna carry, please know how to actually hit your target vs innocent bystanders).
Seems to me that police should carry the type of weapons that read your fingerprint, that way someone couldn’t wrestle it away and shoot someone. Maybe I’m ahead of my time.
moneymaker: I have a fingerprint reader on a laptop. It often takes more than one try to work. Not something I’d want to play with while someone is shooting at me, especially if my hand is covered with dirt or something. Besides, how often do cops have their guns stolen and misused?
Seems that something like that may risk more lives than it saves.
scaredyclassic: seems like this ruling still allows SD to license people to carry a pistol. Could they make the license apply to open carry, or make the license require concealment?
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