Gov. Sonny Perdue waited until deadline day to sign a controversial gun bill that lets people carry a concealed weapon into more public places, provided they have a state permit to carry the gun.You don't have to hide from it, Sonny. You shouldn't have even needed to be prodded. Keeping and bearing arms is not some embarrassing or disreputable scandal or affliction you need to distance yourself from--it's the birthright of us all, and your proclamation should be proud, bold, even defiant. Let the embarrassment and sputtering explanations fall on those malevolent and paranoid creatures who do not trust themselves, and thus their countrymen, to make free choices like responsible adult citizens.
All week, the governor has signed some bills in public, and explained why.
But not this time. Perdue did not even issue a statement, and his press secretary said the governor is now out of town until Friday.
Aside from the "permit" part, ya done good.
[Via Jeffersonian]