[QUOTE="howlrunner13"][QUOTE="Fightingfan"] I'm not debating carrying. I'm debating open carrying. in that situation no one had a gun, concealed or open and look what happened - if she had a gun displayed openly that man would of probably done more damage after knocking her unconscious by taking the gun afterwards. Open carrying a gun doesn't deter violence, look at police officers getting assaulted regularly.Fightingfan
Stop making statements like these as if they are fact.  You don't know whether some who walked into a convenience store while open carrying just deterred someone who was about to rob the place.
I will agree open carry has its drawbacks.  And I will agree that there are criminals who will see it as a chance to score a gun.  Situational awareness training should really probably be mandatory if you are going to open carry as it is your responsibilty to insure the security of your weapon at all times.  I just don't think your reasoning of "It will ALWAYS BRING MORE VIOLENCE" is justified.
True. I see no good that can come from it VS conceal carry only. IMO Texas and Florida do it right. Conceal only that way you don't know who has a gun, but realistically everyone has a gun in the south. First of all, you really cannot say whether or not something happened or would happen because you are wearing a gun on your hip; you are stating things almost as fact. Also, Florida isn't really like the south, especially Georgia (where I'm from). And you don't see too many people carrying a gun around GA (at least that I know of). So again, don't state something as fact. "Realistically everyone has a gun in the south." We aren't all a bunch of rednecks wielding hunting rifles and AK's in public. You also stated basically the whole "guns kill people" spiel previously. That's not true. In fact, I'll give you an example. I left for work one morning. I left my .308 hunting rifle w/ bipod sitting at the front door. I loaded it, one in the chamber, a full 10 round magazine, and about 2 more 10-round magazines lying next to it. Multiple people and cars surely passed by my house that day. I came home from work, and it was as if the rifle had not even moved an inch. And I bet it didn't even kill anyone either.
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