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raccoon

(32,460 posts) Sat Sep 5, 2020, 02:55 PM Sep 2020

"Open carry" laws annoy the piss out of me. [View all]

For one thing, apparently they only apply to white people.
And now the brown shirts are doing it to intimidate protestors.

For another, how is anybody going to know if somebody who is carrying a weapon openly is a responsible person or a whack job that could start shooting everybody for no reason?

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"Open carry" laws annoy the piss out of me. [View all] raccoon Sep 2020 OP

I am with you. It's uncivilized and disgusting. Walleye Sep 2020 #1

Fear... Newest Reality Sep 2020 #2

Exactly... Heartstrings Sep 2020 #3

the purpose of open carry is to intimidate and bully and threaten. nt msongs Sep 2020 #4

+1000 smirkymonkey Sep 2020 #6

My BIL says he answers the door with a loaded gun in his hand. CrispyQ Sep 2020 #8

I just want to know why we are the only country who is so obsessed with personal gun smirkymonkey Sep 2020 #10

Hate radio was the start, IMO. CrispyQ Sep 2020 #14

Best thing about open carry Timewas Sep 2020 #5

It's being NORMALIZED MenloParque Sep 2020 #7

K&R UTUSN Sep 2020 #9

I see anybody with a gun... dhill926 Sep 2020 #11

Exactly. I don't care if I'm in the middle of a meal, have a cart full of groceries, or whatever. Midnight Writer Sep 2020 #12

Why are you more comfortable with concealed carry? Klaralven Sep 2020 #13

I don't know, I guess for one thing, at least some states regulate raccoon Sep 2020 #15