Is That a Gun in Your Pocket, or Are You Just Excited to Carry One?

The more-guns-makes-us-safer crowd can now sleep soundly (with a .45 under their pillow, no doubt) after securing passage of Wisconsin's new concealed-carry law.

But having come from Minnesota—which passed a similar law several years ago—I can tell you from experience that concealed weapons have a negligible effect on violent crime. The only tangible thing our legislature accomplished is that now we can look forward to seeing these on the doors of most Wisconsin businesses:

That, and an endless pissing match over whether guns should be allowed in places such as churches, schools and daycare centers.

I can only hope that our gun-loving brethren will respect differences of opinion on the matter... if Snoopy can learn to respect signs, they can too.