In summary: They could tack another 20 years on my life-sentence." HmmmWhat effect would this law have? No law abiding citizen at a town hall meeting would be "packing". The small but real chance that a law abiding citizen could put an end to an assassin would be eliminated. Too bad nobody was carrying at the Safeway parking lot.SkippyPS Another unintended consequence: Parking lots at political meetings would be a good place to steal guns. The...uh...security?...would be woefully inadequate.