I keep reading stories about how if people are allowed to concealed carry then none of this Aurora/Colombine/VA Tech, etc would have happened.
What about just allowing people to open carry everywhere???
With concealed, no one knows who's carrying, with open EVERYONE KNOWS.
Thinking logically (I know, how stupid of me) if I were going to rob lets say a store, and there were a bunch of people standing around, i'd be more willing to take a chance that they were not carrying a gun. If I saw that as few as one or two people were openly carrying a handgun, Id just leave and never attempt it.
I remember my first visit to St Louis a few years ago. 5 Minutes after I walked off the plane, I walk into a restaurant (that had an arbitrary "No Guns Allowed" sign on the door) and as I was seated I see a guy open carrying a 1911. It didn't make me feel unsafe about him, just made me feel unsafe about the area I was in.
Being somewhat new here, maybe I am missing something?
What about just allowing people to open carry everywhere???
With concealed, no one knows who's carrying, with open EVERYONE KNOWS.
Thinking logically (I know, how stupid of me) if I were going to rob lets say a store, and there were a bunch of people standing around, i'd be more willing to take a chance that they were not carrying a gun. If I saw that as few as one or two people were openly carrying a handgun, Id just leave and never attempt it.
I remember my first visit to St Louis a few years ago. 5 Minutes after I walked off the plane, I walk into a restaurant (that had an arbitrary "No Guns Allowed" sign on the door) and as I was seated I see a guy open carrying a 1911. It didn't make me feel unsafe about him, just made me feel unsafe about the area I was in.
Being somewhat new here, maybe I am missing something?