An unfortunate, future side effect of the ever increasing gun control restrictions on law abiding citizens, is going to be in states that can open carry first. You will end up having nut jobs trying to take guns from law abiding citizens, if they see it.
I am kind of a fan of concealed carry. It serves a few purposes. First, it keeps the nut jobs from knowing you have a gun. Which reduces the possibility of said nut job trying to take it from you. Second, it keeps kids from yelling "look mom, he has a gun" and said mom from freaking out....even thought you are 100% legal and doing nothing wrong.
We have a nut job in our tiny little rural town. He has never been in the Military, yet wears a complete military uniform, in camo, every day. He is not homeless, never showers, & wears long sleeved bdu shirt, pants & M65 field jacket with winter liner, even when it is 90°F plus. Everything buttoned up and zipped up. Some days he is just fine, we have had a few great conversations. Other times he threatens to kill people. Every law enforcement agency knows him, yet he continues to threaten peoples lives with impunity. Nothing ever happens to him even though people file complaints. I hope that he never hurts anyone. But if he did, it would not surprise anyone. I cross the street to avoid him all together since he threatened me. He is what I call, a tic, tic, BOOM individual. You can see it coming but nobody knows when the BOOM is going to happen. I can only imagine what he would think if he saw a person with a holstered weapon on their hip. His paranoia might make him think you were coming after him. I also worked for 28 years as a LEO, and closely with the mental health department.
I wish all the current craziness would just stop but that ain't gonna happen. 25 years ago, my daughter had to write and give an oral essay, on whatever she wanted. I am bigtime pro 2A. She was in 6th grade. She chose the 2A. Her teacher sent a note home with her saying "Your daughter has chosen the 2nd Amendment for her oral essay, I warned your daughter that I am bigtime against the 2nd Amendment and that maybe she should reconsider her choice. " I talked to my daughter about this. She said she still wanted to do it.
She completed her writing part, and asked me to help her answer questions that other students and her teacher might ask. So I did help her. And went to school with her that day. She read her written report. Then the questions began. She was handling it like a champ. Then the teacher started in like she was purposely trying to trip her up & get her tongue twisted. Her final question was "give me 1 good reason why anyone should own a gun ?"
Daughter's response was " first of all, the 2nd Amendment gives its citizens the right to bear arms and secondly, I might not be here today giving my written & oral essay if it wasn't for my Dad carrying a gun, legally, when someone tried to bash his brains in with a steel pipe. "
Teacher ended up giving her an A & said that the 2 of us changed her mind about the 2nd Amendment. I told her that's great, because a gun is what can enable a 90 lb woman to defend herself from a 300 lb man that is trying to do her harm. It's just a tool in the end. But it's better to have it & not need it, than to need it & not have it.
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