Subj : Re: Gun Insurance
To   : Moondog
From : Weatherman
Date : Mon Jul 04 2022 01:32 am

-=> Moondog wrote to Dumas Walker <=-


 >
 > 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...
 >

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

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

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Criminals are cowards by nature.  If they perceive even the slightest chance at
an armed repsonse, they'll back down.  I open carry, mainly because concealed
carry is too slow, too uncomfortable and restricts my choice of options.  I
prefer to have my SW 645, 1911 or PT-145 Pro (which I COULD carry concealed)
over any of my subcompact .380 or 9mm options any day.  I carry .45 primary,
but backup with .380 or 9mm compacts.  If I'm going into a place where open
carry is disallowed, I always have the backup.  

Of course, I live in Wyoming.  In Wyoming one must assume that at least 50% of
those around you are carrying, concealed or open.  Hmmm... funny thing..  I
just realized....  I hear a lot fewer news stories regarding armed robbery here
in WY than I did when I lived in NY.  Geee......  I wonder why?

.... So easy, a child could do it. Child sold separately.
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