Talking around them - sure. But BEING around them? OK then...
Yep. There are hundreds, if not thousands of videos on YouTube showing cops harassing, beating, and shooting people all over America, many for doing virtually nothing at all. Many of them seem to be sociopaths who relish having power over others.
I don't have any peace of mind being around human scum like that.
Chances of a cop being at a crime scene....are WAY the hell higher than yours.
Chances of a citizen being the victim of violent crime... are WAY the hell higher than a cop.
Uhh, wait, what? Dude wants to shoot up mall. If dude is slightly intelligent, he'll shoot people that can stop him first. Cop in uniform...means target then. Doesn't matter if cop open carries or not. Citizen concealing...not target, can move to a position giving them a clean shot (mind your target and backstop, after all) BEFORE drawing and becoming a target. Simple enough for you?
No, not really, since this isn't the only form of violent crime. In fact, mass shootings are by far the exception, not the rule.
Otherwise, cops enter problem areas all the time.
So what? So do regular citizens.
I can see why a cop will care more about ease of access to the firearm (open carry vs concealed being harder to access in general) since they WILL need to draw (cops in my area walk up to a speed stop with their hand on their gun. Why? Too many cop shootings around my area.) You as a citizen are in defense mode. They as cops are in "deal with situations" mode. Hell, this last weekend some guy went and shot 4 people over an argument in Federal Way. Cops had to put him down. Cops had to go there, not knowing what was going on. The point is simply that they are in a job that necessitates use of a firearm. You are a citizen that views a firearm as a form of defense. There's a BIG difference there.
No there's not. Both cops and citizens face violent crime on a daily basis, and both cops and citizens have to defend themselves in such situations. Just because a cop makes it his job doesn't mean he should have any extra privileges or consideration than a regular citizen.
Speaking out against a war can be used to change opinions. Stirring people up serves a purpose. You carrying an AR15 around openly (since it's illegal to conceal unless it's an AR pistol) is not equivalent to someone speaking against a war.
Sure it is. Both are the exercising of one's rights.
It's equivalent to someone speaking out in public saying things that will get peoples attention - and draw their ire - for express purpose of...well, drawing their ire.
Doesn't matter if one draws more ire than the other, both are fundamental human rights.
See, this is funny. I'm all for citizens owning guns (well, mostly for it - but that's another discussion) and conceal carry myself. Yet I find that seemingly a fair number of people in the "gun community" are just sitting around going "I have to show the world that people have guns!" and act like general mouth breathers.
Yes, exercising one's Second Amendment rights at a time when they are actively being eroded is the stuff of mouth breathers. What gun owners should really be worried about is
not offending anyone, right?
LOL.
There's absolutely a reason that the main demonstration in Olympia (my state's capitol) a few months ago was set up with a request that if people were going to come armed (most of them) that they do it CONCEALED. It was asked that they NOT show up in camo and that they NOT show up with an AR15 over their shoulder.
Well, what was the reason?
I'm not getting any younger here.
