Mithras61 wrote:
My point is that people intent on "suicide by others" will always have a multitude of ways to accomplish it ranging from what the doofus in your news article did to playing in traffic on the freeway (hey, it happens!).
If I wanted to commit suicide, all I would have to do is to park my car on a train track and wait, yet we don't outlaw train crossings.
If I wanted to commit suicide, all I would have to do is to drink a container of rat poison, yet we don't outlaw rat poison--controll it to a degree but not outlawed. Why? 'Cause we still have them critters, and we need to get rid of them.
If I wanted to commit suicide, all I would have to do is point a gun--a fake gun--at anyone, and sure enough someone would shoot me, a bartender, a concerned citizen, a CHL holder (who falls into both of the previous categories) or a LEO of some sort.
People will do what they want to do, that's the Free Will that was given to us by the LORD above, yet, those of us who have choosen to follow His good example will have more concern for their life and well being.
Mithras61 wrote:
I would be unlikely to open carry if the law was passed to allow it, but would still like to see it passed. I object to being told that I can't carry openly for the same reasons I object to being told to wear a seatbelt in a car or a helmet on a motorcycle. I wear a seatbelt/helmet anyway. It makes sense to do so. I don't like laws designed to protect the stupid or lazy from themselves that are imposed on the public in general.
Just showing a weapon on your belt does not install any more fear than seeing that 30.06 in the rear window of a rancher's pickup to an average person. I see a weapon on the hip of a LEO and I respect that person. I see a weapon on the hip of my daughter while on the ranch, I know that she's concerned for her safety (there the pistol is loaded with snake shot). She's not out to do harm to anyone.
I doubt that I would ever carry open for any great lenght of time like a LEO, but I would like to fill up my car at the Racetrack or the QT without having to put on a jacket when it's >95 outside--which in itself screams "GUN"!
That 511 vest screams "GUN" also except while you're at the lake.
Guess, the only thing for me to do is to go back to a small .32 but I hate the .32 for the rimlock characteristic of the cartridge, maybe a .380 but they are just a 9mm short (I'd rather have the long).
Russ
