Subj : Re: Gun Insurance
To   : Arelor
From : Moondog
Date : Sun Jun 26 2022 05:35 pm

  Re: Re: Gun Insurance
  By: Arelor to Moondog on Sun Jun 26 2022 10:58 am

 >   Re: Re: Gun Insurance
 >   By: Moondog to Dumas Walker on Sat Jun 25 2022 12:35 pm
 > 
 >  > I told them a visible firearm is like a flashlight in a dark room.  You c
 >  > see your enemies, but they can see you have a flashlight.  While it shoul
 >  > discourage bad actors, it also singles you out as the biggest threat to t
 >  > out first.  Concealed carry keeps everybody guessing.  And polite.
 >  >
 > 
 > The advantage of open carry is that it normalizes having a gun. If half the 
 > a gun but they are all concealed, then the population and politicians may pe
 > owners are a tiny minority (after all, nobody sees them anymore, therefore t
 > exist!)
 > 
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 > 

I agree on the concept, but not the execution.  If everyone open carried, the
day you're caught alone without it would be the time you become a target. 
Concealed carry keeps the bad guys guessing.  The was a gas station robbery a
few years ago, and one of the customers standing in line was open carrying. 
The line was cramped because the entry way was constricted,and the robber
singled him out and got in line behind him and held a knife to his back.  He
had a retention holster, so the robber could not pull it out easily, however
the robber threatened him and he relased the retention button.  Even if the
guy didn't have a knife or other weapon, they were in such enclosed space
that pulling the gun would've been hard without special gun retention and
close in training (which he didn't have.)  Some open carry folks think a gun
is a magic talisman that wards away evil.  It's knowing how to safely and
efficiently let out the smoke of the talisman that does the damage.


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