http://www.citypages.com/databank/28/1379/article15402.asp
Gun Shy
After the Virginia Tech tragedy, even talking about concealed carry is
grounds for suspension
by Ward Rubrecht
Sipping soda from a straw and leaning on his elbows at Perkins, Troy
Scheffler seems harmless enough. The 31-year-old Hamline University grad
student resembles a post-Pulp Fiction John Travolta - slightly
overstuffed, with graying sideburns and a small, tense smile. It's easy to
imagine him hitting on a girl at a dance club.
But Scheffler is packing heat. A gun-toting concealed carry permit holder,
he rarely leaves home without his sidearm. He feels safer in the rough
areas of town when he's armed, though he knows not everyone feels safe
around him. A couple of days ago, he got pulled over for speeding. When
the cop noticed the concealed carry permit, he ordered Scheffler out of
the car, patted him down, and searched his car.
"A clear violation of my Fourth Amendment rights," Scheffler says with an
exasperated chuckle, referring to the constitutional protection against
unreasonable search and seizure.
