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Edit: Permitless carry bad idea

In its editorial this morning, the Coeur d’Alene Press sides with Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Lee White over Bonner County Sheriff Darryl Wheeler re: the permitless carry bill now before the Idaho Senate:

Bonner County Sheriff Daryl Wheeler thinks he’s right about the latest and greatest concealed carry bill to grace the capitol halls in Boise. We think he’s wrong. In a letter to the editor and elsewhere , the sheriff is either accusing Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Lee White of not understanding Senate Bill 1389 or Press veteran reporter Brian Walker of misquoting the chief. But we believe it’s Sheriff Wheeler who is mistaken. Chief White has not only reviewed the legislation, which would allow state residents 21 years old and up to carry concealed weapons without permits or training, but unlike Wheeler, he has years of personal experience with it. Idaho’s law mimics one in Arizona, where White served as a police officer in Mesa before working his way up to assistant police chief. He hasn’t merely studied the bill’s wording. He’s seen what this bill will actually do. More here.

Question: Where do you stand on this issue — with Chief White or with Sheriff Wheeler?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog