OMG Guns Everywhere

[KUSA]

No violent crimes occur in these countries?

[Cinjin]

Open Carry






Thoughts?

[Autumnlicious]

About open carry in general:

Don't get into an argument with them. Don't make them think they'll argue with you. And drive very carefully – you don't want to end up like those two guys who shot each other with their legally obtained guns over the road rage incident.

Ultimately, it puts the unarmed normal that a massive disadvantage. You wouldn't argue with someone who has a gun. That's just stupid.

With concealed carry:

You at least have the illusion of them being just like you. You can openly talk and argue with someone who is concealed carrying because you don't think that they may lose their temper, and in a heartbeat, pull out a weapon and shoot you.

Open carry simply states your threat to others. Ultimately, the criminals will have the heads up about you and an normal unarmed citizen can only feel threatened in your presence.

Worst of all worlds

[Cinjin]

Worst of all worlds

Agreed.
The last thing we need is a return to the lawlessness of the 19th century American West when nearly everyone was open carrying just in an effort to keep the balance.

[Cato]

I am terrified! This is something that utterly terrifies me as a person without sight! Knowing that someone could easily kill me and I'd NEVER see it coming! Not to mention they can always use "Stand Your Ground!" and get away Scott free! I'm emailing this video to the NFB in Atlanta! Thanks for posting this! This bill is a danger to sight-impaired citizens everywhere.

We can solve your problem by requiring people carrying guns in public to wear spurs.

[Coffee Jesus]

What we really need is a body armor everywhere bill.

[Chas]

Considering that criminals carry their guns everywhere anyway what does this bill actually hurt?

Once again with the "criminal" boogeyman, eh?

From 1993 to 2008, among homicides reported to the FBI for which the victim-offender relationship was known, between 21% and 27% of homicides were committed by strangers and between 73% and 79% were committed by offenders known to the victims.

http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=4557

That gun is far more dangerous to you or your friends/family than any "criminal."

The reality is that open carry and/or concealed carry are perfectly legal in all states.

Open carry:


Concealed carry:

[psychoslice]

I can imagine everyone carrying guns and all of a sudden a fight breaks out, guns would be pulled out everywhere, where in a normal fight it would be fists and a few black eyes, and not gun shot wounds all round.

[KUSA]

I can imagine everyone carrying guns and all of a sudden a fight breaks out, guns would be pulled out everywhere, where in a normal fight it would be fists and a few black eyes, and not gun shot wounds all round.

I carry a gun basically everywhere. If some idiot forced me into a fist fight that's all it would be. I would kick his ass and nobody would even know I had a gun.

The gun is there for threats to my life or my family's life. If I strongly feel that me or my family are about to die then someone is getting a second belly button or a third eye.

[Brakeman]

I am terrified! This is something that utterly terrifies me as a person without sight! Knowing that someone could easily kill me and I'd NEVER see it coming! Not to mention they can always use "Stand Your Ground!" and get away Scott free! I'm emailing this video to the NFB in Atlanta! Thanks for posting this! This bill is a danger to sight-impaired citizens everywhere.

Not to worry! They allow the blind to conceal carry too! They don't want to discriminate. (Sadly, I'm not kidding..)