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In reply to the discussion: Should America work towards becoming a gun-free Country? [View all]SQUEE
(1,315 posts)I have plenty of beef jerky, and don't collect beanie babies, nor Support the NRA. I have attended SHOT, and proffesional trade shows that feature many types of weapons, but the local type shows, well they are not my cup of Tea.
I guarantee that very few people on the planet look at me and think "armed". But, having done PPD and site security I have been armed to a level that would make many a banner faint, all while not showing it.
I, NOW, choose not to carry, it is actually exhausting having to be alert at all times, which I regard as the price one pays for the right and responsibility of carry in public. But I also know that in the area I live in CCW offers herd immunity, because no one knows who is or isnt armed.
the uncertainty itself is a deterent.