myronman3,
I'm in MI. We finally got 'shall issue' permits through in July 2001. Not without lots of fights. During the battle, we had all the usual lies about CCW, and even some pretty creative new ones. The State police post commander in my county, who also sits on the County Gun Board, actually said that a shall issue CCW law would lead to more suicides. I'm not making that up. I'm not sure what convoluted logic she used for that one, but it was typical of the stories that were floated. It was going to be the 'Wild-West', road-rage would now be fatal in all cases, instead of arguing about whos going to do the dishes, couples would just shoot it out(OK, I made that one up).
Ours ended up going to the MI Supreme Court. After it passed the legislature and the guv signed it, the antis decided it should really go to a referendum vote. BUT, our congress, very wisely, added appropriations to the bill to help counties defray the costs of implementation. In MI, bills containing appropriations can not go to a referendum. An Appeals court sided with the antis(has anybody on an appeals court ever been to law school?), and said it should go to a vote. The supremes took the case and did the right thing.
All you can do is make noise. Let your reps know that your watching what they do on this. I get to WI occasionally so I want it to pass also, so I can carry there via reciprocity agreement.
Good luck, and get noisy!
