• queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    Okay, but your safety is also in potential jeopardy because if they find out you have a gun before you can draw they WILL kill you.

    Open carry makes sense because that will actually prevent confrontations. CC doesn’t.

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      The whole point of carrying concealed is nobody knows. My concealed carry gun is invisible when I carry, which is exactly how it should be.

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        Yes, and the fact that cc is meant to be invisible means it can not prevent danger. Maybe you’ll be able to draw fast enough if danger presents itself but it can’t actually prevent you from being put in danger in the first place! This creates even more danger, in fact, because you might just get murdered the moment they realize you have a gun and they already have their own weapon drawn.

        Open carry, by contrast, actively prevents danger by preventing conflict because people don’t start shit with someone openly carrying a gun. Your cc fantasy is you trying to have it both ways - you want the security blanket of a gun, but you don’t want everyone treating you like a freak because you have a gun. You want to pretend you’re normal, and in so doing are less safe.