Board:   [DoveNet] Firearms
Subject: Re: Gun Insurance
From:    Arelor
Date:    Sun Jun 26, 2022 11:58

@VIA: PALANT
  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!)

--
gopher://gopher.richardfalken.com/1/richardfalken

---
 ■ Synchronet ■ Palantir BBS * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FL
.