A hypothetical question about open carry

[stburr91]

Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

I think a lot of gun owners would be robbed and their guns taken from them. Guns can be worth a lot of money and displaying it openly makes you a target.

This defies logic, criminals choose the easiest targets.

[Haakon]

Originally Posted by Utopian Slums

A lot of vigilantes would be killing people over "vandalism."

Your twisted hoplophobic fantasies have never come to pass when more people are able to buy guns or carry them concealed, it certainly wouldn't because a few more carry them openly either. Some people change their opinions after being proven wrong time after time, but not anti gun nuts.

[Haakon]

Originally Posted by Mwahfromtheheart

Oddly enough, this happened today:

Gas station customer shoots suspected robber in eastern New Orleans, police say | NOLA.com

Nothing odd about it, it happens every day somewhere in the US, it just doesn't get much media attention because the left can't use it as a tragedy to exploit for political gain.

[banjomike]

Originally Posted by Mwahfromtheheart

So is that better than the alternative of people being robbed in plain view of the public?

I've lived here most of 71 years, and have never seen anyone robbed in view of the public. That kind of thing just does not ever happen in Idaho.

So I can't say if it is better or worse.