What Kendall said (in this thread, I mean, not in his normal mode where he drinks a lot of Jameson's and runs around waving his arms and yelling things like "Keelhaul the mizzenmast! Bugger the scuppers!").
My state, Vermont, is the only one in the Union, I believe, where you can carry concealed with no permit. Which is odd, with the overload of violently liberal politicians we have now. I'm sure no other state has the combination of legal gay marriage (as of 9/1) and total lack of restrictions on handgun toting. I guess the liberals are aware of what will REALLY set the woodchucks off, and avoid the issue.
I have never carried in Vermont except on the way to shoot tin cans in the woods. No need. Vermont has the lowest violent crime rate of any state except the two Dakotas - and they don't count because they're so big and so underpopulated that no one lives within pistol range of anyone else.
I definitely feel the need to carry if I go to Boston or any other big city. But there, I can't.