AS A CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT HOLDER IN VIRGINIA, I BELIEVE THAT CITIZENS WHO GO THROUGH THE BACKGROUND CHECKS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A CARRY PERMIT SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO CARRY ANYWHERE.  THE EXISTING LOCATIONS THAT RESTRICT ACCESS ARE GENERALLY NOT BASED ON LOGIC OR STATISTICAL EVIDENCE.  THE TREND OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IS TO PLACE TRUST IN LAW ABIDING CITIZENS WHICH ARE RESPONSIBLE IN 99+% OF CIRCUMSTANCES.  PLEASE SUPPORT THE ELIMINATION OF ALL OBSTACLES TO CONCEALED CARRY HOLDERS.

AS A GROUP, CONCEALED CARRY HOLDERS ARE FAR MORE RESPONSIBLE THAN THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND INFINITELY MORE RESPONSIBLE THAN THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT THAT DOESN'T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO LAWS AT ALL.  AS EVIDENCE OF THIS FINE RECORD BY PERMIT HOLDERS I POINT YOUR ATTENTION TO VIRGINIA'S REVOCATION EXPERIENCE OF FAR LESS THAN 1% OF PERMIT HOLDERS HAVE LOST THEIR PERMITS DUE TO FIREARM RELATED CAUSES.   FLORIDA, WHO HAS ISSUED MORE CONCEALED CARRY PERMITS THAN ANY OTHER STATE, HAS A SIMILAR REVOCATION RATE OF LESS THAN 1%.

BOB BOWEN