[bigbertha]

We actually used to live in Vermont but our lease was up, the owners sold the house and we found this farm in NY state and we bought it. It has turned out to be a huge error in judgement for many reasons, least of which is this ccw issue.

We never in our wildest dreams thought we'd even be applying for CCW for any reason. In fact we are those liberals you are talking about so this in some stupid roundabout way could be construed as partially our own fault. However, it is somewhat close minded to use a blanket term like "liberals" to find fault in this ridiculous legislation we have in NYS. I am a liberal, tree hugger, organic farmer, animal lover, recycler, solar power user, label me as you will. I still believe in some level of gun control. I wish all guns were destroyed so noone needed any kind of gun. Since this will probably never happen and I am a rational person I also have no problem with responsible people carrying appropriate non-automatic firearms for protection. I also wish I could carry concealed to protect my family and others because guns do exist and there are clearly bad people out there, people who have touched my life.

Returning to Vermont actually is our final destination for many reasons, ccw not being among them, but it is nice that it is not an issue in the great green state. Unfortunately the housing market is crap, Vermont housing market is a sellers market and we can't just pick up and leave.

Maybe it's stupid to go through all this to get what will amount to a relatively useless chunk of metal, but it is a small awkward step towards doing every thing I can to be prepared. If, god forbid, something happens in the coming months when this psycho may be released at least there is a chance that this chunk of metal could save our lives. I refuse to do anything less than everything I can to be prepared to protect my family. If something happens at least I did my very fucking best.