Sorry, you’re right, “hysteria” is overboard. I generalized because I’ve dealt with people who really do become hysterical at the idea of being near someone armed (except of course if it’s some sort of government agent, they always know what’s best). I should say “irrational fear” perhaps.
People drive on freeways or walk across streets with traffic surrounded by people in two ton death machines and accept it as normal. I would say that on average, a CCW holder is probably much safer and well trained with his lethal machine than a soccer mom in a suburban. Why aren’t those same people scared of driving? In a lot of cases, it’s they realize because even though someone may harm you from stupidity or an accident, the other drivers generally mean you no harm. But they don’t think the same of the average law abiding citizen with a CCW… they assume that being armed comes with the intent to do evil, that having a gun makes you a bad guy.
I did overreact in my initial statements, though - I transposed some of my irritation at the gun-fearing public at large onto particular posters in this thread.
IANAWoman, but I don’t see the difference between the pizza man rapist who’s armed according to company policy and the one who will bring a gun anyway (after all, is he going to say to his supervisor, “I just raped someone and then shot her,”) or just grab/punch you.
Right, that’s the illusion that rules, in and of themself, have some strong protective barrier. Like having a sign/law saying “no guns on school property” will prevent school shootings, as if someone was ready to commit murder, but not violate that rule.
Pizza Hut probably doesn’t try to actively enforce the rules, but they have it there so that in the event that one of their delivery persons does something bad with a gun they can claim they did what they could to prevent it and be released from liability.