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Seriously. Its like CC and seeing a cop: 'Awesome. I have a good witness and someone else with a gun if something goes down.'When I see someone open carrying I think "cool, I have backup"
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Seriously. Its like CC and seeing a cop: 'Awesome. I have a good witness and someone else with a gun if something goes down.'When I see someone open carrying I think "cool, I have backup"
"ma'am"
stare into the distance, hands on hips, chest high
"Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.
I carry this gun because I am willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for your protection and the protection of this country."
(apologies to Mr Jackson)
"Why you carryin' a gun?"
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"Trayvon Martin would have never attacked him if he'd been wearing his gun in an OWB holster clearly visible.
...I still can hit something most of the time, but I prefer to keep my weapons out of sight, unless paid to do otherwise.
I'm just not aware of some significant number of cases where civilians open carrying were victimized either by a gun grab out of the blue or murdered in cold blood by a store robber. I've heard the arguments about not painting a target on your back before, but there just isn't any evidence to back up the claims. With 300 million people, I'm sure you can point to a few cases. But you can point to people struck by lightning multiple times too.
I highly recommend "Meditations on Violence" by Rory Miller. One of the things he points out is that people who are willing to commit murder or serious mayhem are a TINY percentage of criminals. Lots of guys might be willing to shoplift or steal a car, very few are willing to do armed robbery. And fewer still are willing to commit cold-blooded, unprovoked murder.
I'm quite comfy with the odds O/Cing. And the deterrence factor should not be dismissed. It might not work all the time, but it does more often than not. My desire is to avoid ever needing to use my gun in anger. I tend to think the odds of me being victimized BECAUSE I'm open carrying are remote in the extreme and the odds of a bad guy choosing an easier target are pretty darned high.
But, carry or not, as you wish to. Different strokes and all that.
I'm just not aware of some significant number of cases where civilians open carrying were victimized either by a gun grab out of the blue
Um did you even read the post?Seems to me that the logic is, if you're not aware of something, then there is little danger from it, like being unaware of consuming polonium-210?
OK here's one from Portland, though I am dubious that it is likely to budge some who choose to ignore facts in order to cling to an ideology, probably 100 such stories would be equally unpersuasive:
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How significant a number would be required, I wonder? On the reverse, how many incidents can be cited where OC'ing a weapon prevented a crime?
Because I'm too old to fight and too fat to run.