"I Think Feedom Should Come with Small Amount of Responsibility"

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1. Freedom DOES come with responsibility,

and I argue more than a SMALL amount of it. When a kid, we'd say, 'Its a free country.' Right, you CAN do many things, but SHOULD you?

'Known as House Bill 422, Maag's proposal would no longer require gun-carrying motorists to promptly notify police officers during a traffic stop that they are carrying guns, or mandate that they keep their hands in plain sight.

Since the Ohio legislature passed a conceal carried law in 2006, about 265,000 Ohioans have earned permits to legally carry guns. The law has not turned the Buckeye State into the Wild West, as some gun-control activists predicted.

Maag's bill, which is co-sponsored by Republican State Rep. Andrew Thompson of Marietta, will make the streets a bit more wild, as least for drivers and for cops.

Maag and supporters of the bill argue the changes are needed to protect the rights of law-abiding permit holders.

From whom?

Cops.

That's right. Cops are the problem.

Maag and supporters of the new legislation point to Canton Police Officer Daniel Harless, who lost his mind last June during a traffic stop when William E. Bartlett, a legal permit holder, tried to quickly alert Harless that he had a gun. Harless, who didn't let Bartlett finish his first sentence, verbally threatened him and arrested him.

Harless' traffic stop, caught on dashboard camera, was outrageous and went viral on YouTube. But it was an aberration. And we don't need a law to deal with Harless. His own department fired him.'

Thanks.