Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard has a rational reason for that. He says that the people likely to cause trouble aren’t the type of people who willingly go through the legal requirements to get a permit.

“My position was, and still is, that the people we have a problem with guns aren’t the people who are willing to follow the law and go through the hoops and training,” he told the Free Press.

That’s a good point. Not everyone likes guns. Those folks have the right not to own one. Nor should their safety be jeopardized by others. But the evidence is so far clear that whatever risk there is from guns, it’s not coming from the law-abiding people who have obtained concealed-weapons permits.

Full story. (h/t Mike Cox)