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Letter: CdA didn’t become Dodge City

Letter to the Coeur d'Alene Press editor from Mike Alan/Coeur d'Alene:

So, it’s been almost one year that permitless carry became the law in Idaho. I remember the complete and utter blind hysteria from the left at even the thought of law abiding citizens carrying firearms in the city without a permit.

There was rabid speculation that shootouts would instantly break out in the streets and innocents and children were in immediate danger of being caught in the blazing cross fire.

To my knowledge, Coeur d’Alene has not turned into the new Old West Dodge City or O.K. Corral. I haven’t heard of gun fights over a minor fender bender or late night drunken shootings as the bars close. I was assured these things would happen and violence would rule the day in the Lake City. More here.

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D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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