Open carry and wisdom: In the spirit of a pro-control OP, a graphic that says it well IMHO

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

[SecularMotion]

1. Not just open carry, this applies to owning a gun, as well.

[AtheistCrusader]

2. Yes I did. The answer was 'how many calibers do you need'.

Might as well collect the whole set

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

3. The reason to have more than just one gun...

...is the same as the reason to have more than one socket in your ratchet set: you may run into a different sized nut or two.

[AtheistCrusader]

8. 'Zactly. Right tool for the right job, dad always used to say.

[TeddyR]

4. No, it doesn't

Whether you should open carry is a completely different question than whether you should own a firearm. I get the sense that most people here are not fans of open carry. I certainly am not a proponent, but am a firm supporter of RKBA.

[Duckhunter935]

6. I did and it is

an affirmative answer. Several rifles and handguns of differing types and calibers.

I do not open carry myself but can and do conceal carry occasionally.

[benEzra]

7. Yes, definitely.

"Not just open carry, this applies to owning a gun, as well."

Yes, definitely. Gun ownership isn't for everyone; only about half of households choose to own them. Whether or not to own a gun is a deeply personal choice.

The thing is, as a mentally competent adult with a clean record, I have the right to choose. I personally choose to own them; you obviously don't. I respect your choice.

[virginia mountainman]

9. We respect their choice...

They don't respect ours...

[beergood]

17. exactly

as a gay man who supports the rkba.

some gun controllers remind me of another type of people.

emphasis on some

[Eleanors38]

5. I think the OC kerfluff will die off when the media quits covering it

as a slow newz fix, and when it cuts back on the culture war narrative. There will always be folks who will incorporate OC into their lifestyle, but there won't be many. As for concealed-carry, it can't very well bother too many people if the gun is, well, concealed. Never like the idea of OC, anyway.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

11. OC is an overreaction to Controller overreach.

[Eleanors38]

12. It seems most gun law liberalization efforts have been of late.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

14. That's rather concise

[Nuclear Unicorn]

15. I got my moments.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

16. I can attest n/t

[the band leader]

10. Not just open carry, this applies to saying stupid things on the internet as well.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

13. Many things are better left without saying

I have a nagging memory of a well composed quote expressing just that but I can't remember the quote or its author.

I'll probably remember after I've forgotten about this discussion.