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Yes you read it right. I think open carry should be outlawed.
Here's my reasoning:
1. Modern long-gun firepower means we have to put far too much trust into a single individual’s sanity & competency with open carry. That’s more than we should ask of the citizenry.
It's kinda like trusting just any ol' pilot to fly your plane. With open-carry, you have no choice but to be on that plane, and you won't know if he's going to fly it into a building in micro-seconds. You don't know the guy from Adam, and yet he has a right to walk around your kids with a tool that could wipe them all out in an instant, and there's nothing you can do about it. (Unless maybe you're concealed carrying, but that's another story.)
Yes, a semi truck could do the same, but semi-trucks bring your food to the table. What does open carry bring to the table? Not a whole lot.
2. Someone is ALWAYS going to get upset & call the cops — and rightfully so. Why waste the cop’s time & put him in that danger? A guy walking around with an AR should indeed be a red flag & a cause for alarm -- and a rational person should indeed call the cops. Why go through all that drama? There's a reason "well regulated" is in the 2A -- ARs speak to that reason.
3. No right is absolute. 1st amendment exists too — but should strangers have the right to carry their ARs to the playground & chat up your kids without interference? Of course not. You'd call the cops -- as you should.
4. There’s NO WAY open-carry can ever be allowed fairly. Obviously some groups are going to be allowed more than others. White more than black. "Patriots" more than some dude dressed like a jihadi or in a "grim reaper" halloween outfit. Realistically, it's not permitted for everyone. Since it brings nothing to the table, it should simply be disallowed across the board.
5. It doesn’t enhance the right to self defense one bit, not even self-defense from a tyrannical government. That is, if push came to shove, you're not going to care if open carry is against the law or not. And if we're not there, paradoxically, you don't need open carry. Again, it brings nothing good to the table. So it shouldn’t be protected — especially given the reasons above.
6. It just encourages stupidity, like we're seeing in 2020 -- with posers posing with their guns at protests and such. Let's say it together: People. Are. Stupid. It's a recipe for disaster to have opposing factions marching around in these penis-measuring contests. True warriors have their guns and get good with them in private, not showing everyone what they have (and thereby getting their guns that much closer to being outlawed based on the scary poser cos-play).
The cos-play is also antithetical to "ensuring domestic tranquility" and "promoting the general welfare". Plus there's that "well regulated" part, so please don't reach for the absolutism.
...So there you have it, conveniently numbered above. Can you talk me down (with civility of course)?
Here's my reasoning:
1. Modern long-gun firepower means we have to put far too much trust into a single individual’s sanity & competency with open carry. That’s more than we should ask of the citizenry.
It's kinda like trusting just any ol' pilot to fly your plane. With open-carry, you have no choice but to be on that plane, and you won't know if he's going to fly it into a building in micro-seconds. You don't know the guy from Adam, and yet he has a right to walk around your kids with a tool that could wipe them all out in an instant, and there's nothing you can do about it. (Unless maybe you're concealed carrying, but that's another story.)
Yes, a semi truck could do the same, but semi-trucks bring your food to the table. What does open carry bring to the table? Not a whole lot.
2. Someone is ALWAYS going to get upset & call the cops — and rightfully so. Why waste the cop’s time & put him in that danger? A guy walking around with an AR should indeed be a red flag & a cause for alarm -- and a rational person should indeed call the cops. Why go through all that drama? There's a reason "well regulated" is in the 2A -- ARs speak to that reason.
3. No right is absolute. 1st amendment exists too — but should strangers have the right to carry their ARs to the playground & chat up your kids without interference? Of course not. You'd call the cops -- as you should.
4. There’s NO WAY open-carry can ever be allowed fairly. Obviously some groups are going to be allowed more than others. White more than black. "Patriots" more than some dude dressed like a jihadi or in a "grim reaper" halloween outfit. Realistically, it's not permitted for everyone. Since it brings nothing to the table, it should simply be disallowed across the board.
5. It doesn’t enhance the right to self defense one bit, not even self-defense from a tyrannical government. That is, if push came to shove, you're not going to care if open carry is against the law or not. And if we're not there, paradoxically, you don't need open carry. Again, it brings nothing good to the table. So it shouldn’t be protected — especially given the reasons above.
6. It just encourages stupidity, like we're seeing in 2020 -- with posers posing with their guns at protests and such. Let's say it together: People. Are. Stupid. It's a recipe for disaster to have opposing factions marching around in these penis-measuring contests. True warriors have their guns and get good with them in private, not showing everyone what they have (and thereby getting their guns that much closer to being outlawed based on the scary poser cos-play).
The cos-play is also antithetical to "ensuring domestic tranquility" and "promoting the general welfare". Plus there's that "well regulated" part, so please don't reach for the absolutism.
...So there you have it, conveniently numbered above. Can you talk me down (with civility of course)?
