He's toned down the rhetoric the last few years, but unless I'm mistaken, he's still in the local KKK leadership.Could be our mutual acquaintance is just an indiscriminate collector, and that I judged too quickly, but it wasn't my cup of tea.
He's toned down the rhetoric the last few years, but unless I'm mistaken, he's still in the local KKK leadership.Could be our mutual acquaintance is just an indiscriminate collector, and that I judged too quickly, but it wasn't my cup of tea.
I'll choose to CC except in the rare situation where I'm in a location where OC is as natural and widespread as wearing shoes
Honestly, as a responsible gun owner, I find in necessary to address these issues when they arrise. I calmly talk to people and explain the legalities of my method of carry, and provide as much information about it as possible in a patient and friendly tone.
I just don't have to time to do that all the time. And there are a LOT of people who have no problem stopping you and asking these questions.
Really? How would you approach a robbery or assault on an armed openly carrying victim? I would simply shoot them and then take what I want. Not something I would want to defend against if that bad one does happen.
A bad guy who shoots you for OC may do that to get the gun. If you are CCing, then he or she is unlikely to shoot you for your gun, unless the BG is really Mae West. Think about it.
Right, right, right. Calling people "attention hogs" and the like is so accepting of people coming to different conclusions than you.
It's not your choice to CC that causes people to question, but your choice to denigrate those who OC that leads to the questioning.
There is a difference between making a reasoned adult judgement and making assumptions based on ones own prejudices. People have given a number of reasons why they or others OC. You dismiss all of that and simply assume that your claimed reason "they are attention hogs" is correct.
As I said the "thought going through [your] mind" says more about you than about the people you are thinking about.
And, I have also found that there is no strong correlation between the certainty that someone is that he or she is right and he or she actually being right, at least not on anything more complicated than 2+2=4.
If anything, the certainty of ones position is a problem since the first step in learning is acknowledgment that one might actually be mistaken.
Who elses prejudices should I base my judgements on? My contention is that I am obligated to judge. My judgement is as stated. Your contention that I should base my judgements on the prejudices of you or someone else besides me is just silly.
At a glance that all makes sense, except that firearms, particularly stolen pistols, are highly sought by the scum, mostly because they a cant buy one at the store unlike everything else you mentioned.deburkhead said:If "someone might target you for it" is sufficient reason to not OC then what else are you willing to give up to avoid being a target? Dress like a bum so no one thinks you have money? Live in a dump? Drive a POS car all the time that nobody wants to jack? Where else does this approach extend?
Amen.lawnboy said:There is plenty of "belief" but little thought