What's the Problem?

Senator David Vitter, Republican from Louisiana, asked his fellow senators, "Is the problem law-abiding citizens who follow the law and take all the time and all the trouble needed to get conceal-and-carry permits?" Or the criminals who violate laws to obtain weapons?

The senate responded by failing to add the measure that would allow gun owners to carry concealed guns across state lines. Fortunately, there are enough senators who recognize that the real problem is that there are too many guns in the hands of too many people. And the state police in fifty states breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that at least some of the truckers they have to stop won't be—at least legally—confronting them with a concealed gun.

(See The New York Times' story.)