The Open Carry Argument

[WillH]

If you did not se that type of threat you need to improve your SA!

Or was it the well groomed fellow into three piece suit that got you.

No it's the unsuspecting guy in line behind me at the gas station who sees my open-carry firearm and shoots me before robbing the cash register. Advertising that you are a threat to bad guys means it makes the most sense for them to kill you first. I like to think I have good situational awareness, but I can't see into the future.

 

[actaeon277]

I know.
i've been killed 3 times already.
it's getting tiring.

 

[wtburnette]

I would really love some stats on that because I think it's urban legend bull

 

[KLB]

I would really love some stats on that because I think it's urban legend bull

Don't you read the news? It happens all the time!

 

[KLB]

No it's the unsuspecting guy in line behind me at the gas station who sees my open-carry firearm and shoots me before robbing the cash register. Advertising that you are a threat to bad guys means it makes the most sense for them to kill you first. I like to think I have good situational awareness, but I can't see into the future.

How to show you didn't read the thread you are posting in.

 

[2A_Tom]

Angry faces for all of you guys for arguing with an expert, obviously a trainer, who knows more than any of us.

He knows more because he's seen more.

 

[wtburnette]

Don't you read the news? It happens all the time!

I must have missed those articles...

 

[chipbennett]

No it's the unsuspecting guy in line behind me at the gas station who sees my open-carry firearm and shoots me before robbing the cash register. Advertising that you are a threat to bad guys means it makes the most sense for them to kill you first. I like to think I have good situational awareness, but I can't see into the future.

[Citation Needed]

Sorry; statistics simply don't bear this assertion out to be true. Criminals don't think or act the way that non-criminals do. In your scenario, the would-be thief, statistically, gets tunnel vision and doesn't see anything except his mark (i.e. the cash register/cashier).

 

[printcraft]

I know.
i've been killed 3 times already.
it's getting tiring.

N00b, I’m up to 6, damn Covid got me 4 times already.

 

[wtburnette]

[Citation Needed]

Sorry; statistics simply don't bear this assertion out to be true. Criminals don't think or act the way that non-criminals do. In your scenario, the would-be thief, statistically, gets tunnel vision and doesn't see anything except his mark (i.e. the cash register/cashier).

Yep, I've always hated when people pull that statement out. There are actual pros and cons for open carry vs concealed carry. You'll be shot first isn't really a thing.

 

[KLB]

N00b, I’m up to 6, damn Covid got me 4 times already.

Covid targets OCers first too?

Dang, I guess I better start hiding my pistol.

 

[printcraft]

Covid targets OCers first too?

Dang, I guess I better start hiding my pistol.

Have you heard you are more likely to crash your car unless you get vaccinated?
It’s really bad.
Not a joke.

 

[KLB]

Have you heard you are more likely to crash your car unless you get vaccinated?
It’s really bad.
Not a joke.

Maybe I just won't leave my property anymore. Too scary!

 

[printcraft]

Maybe I just won't leave my property anymore. Too scary!

Basement living for the win.

 

[actaeon277]

N00b, I’m up to 6, damn Covid got me 4 times already.

I wasn't even counting my Covid deaths.
I lost track of those.
People kept telling me I would die.
So I asked 'when?'

 

[actaeon277]

Basement living for the win.

Does bedroom living count? I don't have a basement.

 

[actaeon277]

CCers have also been disarmed/shot.

Are we going to start calling for no more CCing?

 

[printcraft]

Does bedroom living count? I don't have a basement.

Yeah if you tape your windows shut and stuff a towel under your door.

 

[d.kaufman]

Basement living for the win.

Joe, is that you?

 

[2A_Tom]

Now all ya ornery peeps dun gon an run off one o yo bettas.