(1)Am I to understand then that the area you were walking in wasn’t considered off-limits to certain races? In other words, there wasn’t a problem walking there? Or are you saying that you didn’t have a problem walking there because you were openly armed? If that is so, you must have a milder sort of bad guy in your area than other places do. Most places, carrying a large sum of money and being armed just means that the bad guys have to change their tactics.
(2)That’s nice, but it doesn’t address the original point being made, which is that lawmakers are responsible to all of their constituents and if you anger a group of them you have to expect the lawmaker to respond to their concerns also. If you anger enough of them, your voice gets drowned out and you have defeated your own purpose.
(3)You can’t teach someone to swim if they aren’t willing to learn. There’s a great deal of difference between overcoming a fear of water because you want to (or are being forced to) learn how to swim and overcoming a fear of guns. You’re not suggesting we force people to like guns, are you, or that we somehow convince them that they want to like guns by scaring them with guns?
(4)When you carry concealed no one sees it. When you carry openly, everyone does. There are still plenty of people who would like to see CCW laws overturned, but CCW doesn’t have the same emotional impact that open carry does so the reactions aren’t as focused. When you walk down the street with a gun in you pocket, the hoplophobes can’t see it so they can’t react to it. Their reactions to CCW are generalized and vague but their reactions to open carry are specific and precise. Again, this is about emotion, not logic.
(5)Except when you have to make a political statement….
David
(1)When I stated "off limits" I thought you would know it wasn't a state law!
It's whats considered street rules.
I was on a first name basis with the local drug dealers and their gangs plus the whores and all the neighbor hood kids.
Maybe they were a milder sort of bad guy compared to other parts of the country.
I don't know, I just thought they didn't cause much trouble for me because they didn't want a hole poked through their chest.
(2)Exactly!! Finally we agree on something.
If the law makers see how many people are armed maybe they will listen more to our side instead of the smaller faction of anti gunners.
(3)No we can't force people to like guns.
No more than we can force people to like alternative life styles.
But we can't push these people back into the closet.
So why should gun owners hide in the closet??
WE have rights (for now!)
And I'm not going to be one of those to scared to use them!
(4)Yes , they may not see them.
But they can see the rise in permits issued.
They don't know who has a gun ,but they know they are out there.
When people see a (gang banger) with baggy cloths I bet alot of them think he is armed.
Why not let them see normal, everyday working men and women open carry?
It might change their perception of guns and gun owners.
(5)Because it's my right!
BTW- Why do you question every post I make in this thread?
I feel like I'm on the stand here.
You seem to pick at anything I say.
Are you really this concerned on what I think?
Or you just trying to prove me wrong in SOMETHING ,ANYTHING ?
If I say the grass is green you are going to come back with "No the grass isn't green! It's just a mixture of blue and yellow ,so there is no such thing as green! If there is such a thing as green please explain how it is not just a mixture of blue and yellow! blah ,blah ,blah!"
Really this is getting quite boring.
If you have any more questions just ask them so I can enlighten you.
Then we can end this constant drivel.
