The first one implies that if you open carry while wearing colors, you’ll get picked up.
The second one says that gang members aren’t known for open carry and it would seem to me that they don’t get picked up for it.
Good thinking. You might catch cooties.
What are you talking about? I live in a conceal-carry state. We had a shooting in my city where a kid was shot dead when he tried to steal sneakers at gun point. It was at a mall. His buddies are going to be tried for his death. If you participate in an armed crime and someone is killed then the liability falls on those who committed the crime.
Huh? The first sez if you open carry while wearing gang colors, you’ll get stopped. The second sez that gang members don’t do open carry (because they’ll get stopped).
A word of caution – in a home defense scenario, if you’re not ready to draw and aim a gun and potentially kill the intruder you’re better off not getting it. There are key skills, physical and mental skills, needed in such situations. The intruder could sense your doubt and take the gun from you, and then you’ve taken a bad situation and made it much much worse. While I think I have these skills (emphasize that word), my wife and I doubt she has them, and so she would not get her gun but I would get mine.
Yeah, well, you might want to be careful where you get your statistics.
If you’re that accident prone, maybe you should never, ever, handle firearms.
Have it checked by a professional. It might be that you’re using ammo not fully compatible with your gun.
Someone’s been watching too much TV.
I’ve considered it but, since I’m a foreigner here, have thought my wife would get a gun permit more easily … she’s not interested. It’s extremely low-priority for me. My Life’s Greatest Regrets List is long and poignant but doesn’t include lack of a gun. :smack:
We once had her father’s antique shot pistol (I wondered if it would even be safe to test-fire); however when the military was sweeping the countryside looking for caches of terrorist weapons, she decided to bury that gun somewhere in the orchard. :smack:
(It’s a good thing I’m not overly paranoid. To hear some Dopers talk, they might be afraid to go down to the local 7-Eleven unarmed.)
Dear Bullitt,
Thanks for the note of sanity.
The first time I read the OP, I thought it said “nun” instead of “gun” and I had to think it over for a while before I realized that it couldn’t have said “nun”. It just couldn’t say that.
I mean … what would a nun do to protect you? Pray someone to death? I don’t think so. I just don’t think that would help very much. At least, not in the short term. Not at all!
Actually, when my old Chicago neighborhood got that bad we moved rather than arming ourselves. Which is probably the saner solution.
People who have voted no: 94
People who have either voted yes or already have one: 94
As of this post.
Most definitely.
I have to agree. It’s better to move that have a gun in a really bad neighborhood.
Yes if I see something totally legal I immediately call cops to go harass that person. If I see a person talking I immediately assume they’re plotting the violent overthrow of the government rather than engaging in normal conversation. Or if a man is alone with a woman I call the cops because who knows he maybe planning on raping her later, better to let the cops sort it out.
Of course it is better to move than to depend on a gun, provided that moving is an option. I live in an area that will never be construed as a playground of the glitteratti. However, I am nearing the end of my career. Moving “someplace better” is not, with only three years to go, a realistic option.
And he should call in every car, since those are REALLY dangerous and the driver* could* be under the influence or even a criminal.:eek::eek::eek:
Let it go, guys. Odds are he makes actually no calls at all and never has. If he is making frequent calls to report legal behavior, the emergency services will soon identify him. They really, strongly discourage frivolous use of the 911 system.
I have a S&W .38. I have small hands and short arms. Long guns are torture and 9mm style grips are too big around for me to shoot with accuracy. My dad was a concealed handgun instructor for 20 years and is a licensed firearms dealer in Texas. I do not have a CHL and I will not get one. I live in a nice neighborhood near the University of Texas. Crime is low, but it only takes once. A few years ago, there was a guy who wandered all parts of Austin looking for unlocked doors. He sexually assaulted several women in various parts of town. Then he walked into my neighbor’s house one night and stabbed and killed her.
My #1 defense is to have my doors locked. I’m not afraid or paranoid. I have no problem walking to the store a few blocks away after dark unarmed. But as a woman living alone, I practice a lot of caution when it comes to people knocking on my door. I don’t feel even remotely bad for not answering the door. If I don’t know you, you stay on the outside and there is NO discussion about it.
I don’t anticipate ever having to shoot someone. I’m a very good shot and I’ve logged hundreds of hours at the range.
Amazingly, I have yet to see anyone open carry. Even when I went to west Texas last week. I am not a fan of open carry because I think most of the people who are for it are kind of rabid and not to be trusted with sharp sticks let alone loaded guns. My own plan is that if I go somewhere where someone is packing, I plan on leaving. Immediately. I don’t trust most of the advocates of open carry, nor do I trust those equally rabidly against it.
Love this post.
I believe the main problem with gun ownership is that many gun-fanatics just don’t want to shoulder the implicit responsibility.
Applies to motorized vehicles as well, but at least there there’s a stricter framework to ensure a modicum of responsibility and enforce it.
The last time I had a gun in my home it was stolen. I am not even kidding.
That’s why you keep your gun locked up. This sort of behavior gives gun owners bad names.