Subj : Re: Gun Insurance
To   : Dumas Walker
From : Moondog
Date : Sat Jun 25 2022 12:35 pm

  Re: Re: Gun Insurance
  By: Dumas Walker to MOONDOG on Fri Jun 24 2022 05:10 pm

 > >  > Someone who frequents an echo on another network would say that this is
 > >  > part of the choice you have to make and, if you don't want your data kn
 > >  > you should not have guns.  They also believe that law abiding citizens
 > >  > having guns is what makes law breaking persons use them.
 > >  >
 > 
 > > That's the same logic that says sprinkler systems and fire extinguishers a
 > > installed to tempt arsonists.
 > 
 > > Predators do not go after animals they fear.
 > 
 > Exactly.  I may not have worded it exactly right.  I think they believe
 > that law abiding citizens having guns means there are more guns out there
 > for law breaking persons to have access to (while breaking the law).  Their
 > belief is that we should be willing to give up our guns, or at least have
 > ours all registered, tracked, and restricted (as to what we can own) so
 > that criminals cannot get their hands on them.  <rollseyes>
 > 
 > I do agree that most law breaking persons are not going to try anything if
 > they think they might get shot.  Many of them are not smart, but I don't
 > believe that most of them have a death wish.
 > 
 > 
 >  * SLMR 2.1a * The number you have dailed...9-1-1...has been changed...
 > 

It can be a mixed bag.  The other day someone was buying handguns for he and
his wife.  Hios wife works in a marijuana dispensary and handles large sums
of cash, and was asking if open carry might be preferable over concealed
carry, which would take longer to get a permit.

I told them a visible firearm is like a flashlight in a dark room.  You can
see your enemies, but they can see you have a flashlight.  While it should
discourage bad actors, it also singles you out as the biggest threat to take
out first.  Concealed carry keeps everybody guessing.  And polite.

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