Subj : Re: Gun Insurance
To   : Moondog
From : Weatherman
Date : Mon Jul 04 2022 01:45 am

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


I prefer open carry, and I realize that it's not some sort of "talisamn" that
wards off evil.  Believe me.   When I'm in public, my head is on a swivel and I
know what everyone around me is up to, and I do not allow myself to be in a
compromised position.

As I say...  Carry.    I don't care how, why, or what.  Just carry.  If you
prefer concealed carry, that's up to you, but I sure as hell expect your backup
if I get in a bad situation because I prefer to carry in the open!

.... Got my tie caught in the fax... Suddenly I was in L.A.
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