Reply #11: So one person did something foolish and hurt himself ... [View All]

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You have to balance this incident out with all the instances where people used their licensed concealed firearms to stop an attack or a brutal crime in progress. Many of these incidents never make the news let alone any data base as often when the good guy draws his weapon, the bad guy simply runs away.

If your fear that some child might get hurt by some fool fondling his firearm while carrying in public is real, you should be able to show at least ten examples of this happening in the last five years. Incidents like these do get publicity where responsible uses of firearms usually don't unless someone bleeds.