New 50-state handgun policy: mandatory Open Carry

[rrneck]

43. "polite enough to let me know. "

So you are back to legislating decorum. Why does your understanding of decorum define moral responsibility?

You want to be able to see the gun because you don't trust people who carry guns to not shoot you. Yet you refuse to produce evidence to support your suspicions. You would have us legislate what people wear to satisfy your lack of trust in others by defining proper dress in public, yet you refuse to even consider your responsibilities to others by demanding those requirements. You would compel others to declare what they carry on their persons and that declaration would serve as public stigmatization according to your understanding of decorum, yet you offer no remedy if they comply with your legislative wishes.

And we haven't even gotten to the logistical hoops people would have to jump through if you got what you wanted. If someone "open carries" in the winter, will the gun have to be carried outside the winter garments, or will you just require them to remove the garments when they are in your presence? Perhaps they should approach you hat in hand as well.