Subj : Re: Gun Insurance
To   : Moondog
From : Arelor
Date : Sun Jun 26 2022 10:58 am

 Re: Re: Gun Insurance
 By: Moondog to Dumas Walker on Sat Jun 25 2022 12:35 pm

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

The advantage of open carry is that it normalizes having a gun. If half the population carries
a gun but they are all concealed, then the population and politicians may perceive that gun
owners are a tiny minority (after all, nobody sees them anymore, therefore they must not
exist!)

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