I realize it's not entirely (at all?) my business, just wondering, partly because I try to understand people when I can. Never felt ignorance is my friend, therefore I need to watch out not to get too nosey!
The people who scare the tar out of me - which I realize is their intention - are the ones who strut around in the public square where there's absolutely no place for carrying, concealed or otherwise. The wife of a friend participated in running one such over-compensator out of a Starbucks back east because he wanted to swagger around in there with his substitute for manhood. Those ladies made the news, and it's my understanding the offender has not returned.
But I'd never want to argue for the Australian solution, however. Since I'm so Irish my blood runs green, you can well imagine the number of relatives in law enforcement and the armed services. The Brits didn't get their butts kicked out of the Republic of Ireland by polite request, either. I eat venison, and somebody had to shoot that deer for me even though I'm probably still a crack shot myself. Etc. I just like to know reason and restraint come into play. Even when I carried myself on solo cross country horseback runs, it was only a derringer which I knew couldn't accidentally discharge if I took a bad spill.
The only way I can keep from passing out when I see those idiots packing firearms in the vicinity of the President, however, is to keep repeating the mantra, "I'm sure there must be a dozen Secret Service rifles on that guy... I'm sure there must be (etc.)." Even in an open carry area - of which there are far too many - I don't believe anyone outside the Secret Service should be tolerated with a firearm in anything like target range. We've lost too many good leaders already, and it would practically kill me if anything happened this President.
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