jmorris
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Wearing boots vs shoes does not involve training, mindset, knowledge of law, being prohibited from going places that think you should not be allowed to protect yourself, additional responsibility, etc... it's hard to compare carrying other objects with carrying a gun.
You sure do place a lot more faith in people than I do. Even officers of the law that carry a gun for work, do not always do so responsibly. It’s not totally uncommon for firearms to not even function when they need to qualify, because of neglect. Those are “trained professionals”, I don’t expect more out of the average person.
In my State there is no training, mindset (psychiatric evaluation) or test one has to take on pertaining laws, to carry a gun. Some places one couldn’t carry other objects people often carry as well. Like a pocket knife or pepper spray, and you can buy both of them without a background check. Not that a background check weeds out the idiots, just the criminals.