Werewolf - Yes a man should defend his right to open carry and have the right to defend himself from others. Do I trust everyone here if I were to meet them for the first time? Yes, most here are smart guys who know the generel rules of gun ownership and safety, especially around others. Are there thousands of guys who don't? Yes. Do I trust them? Absolutely not, no until I am 100% satisfied that they are to be trusted, and still I would wear a firearm if they came to my house. The issue isn't open carry for me, its bringing a gun to MY house without MY consent. It's where I LIVE and where everything that I OWN and all my worldly possession are. It's not like seeing someone in the street saying hey what's up nice gun. This stranger knows where I live whats in my house, the basic setup, if I live alone, if it's alarmed, etc. I want him to know that if he was a criminal and he did come back, he'd have a fight on his hands. If you posted a sale on craigslist (there was a post about this earlier on another thread) and I came over to see your item in your house and I was OC, you're saying you'd just let me in your home, you being unarmed? Hell no, that other thread people were saying meet at a public space and not alone, that was their advice.
I understand that you are advocating 2nd Amendment rights, but you gotta face reality, society is a 50/50, a give and take. It's far from perfect world. Every SHOULD be able to OC anywhere they want, whenever they want. Maybe that will happen, but it's not at that point yet. I'm not saying cave in and give up our rights, but the government in all their holy wisdom push laws and agendas against these kind of things. Sometimes if you push to hard all at once it caves in on you. In this case you gotta take it slow, swallow your pride and keep a steady force, sooner or later it will come about. Do you carry everywhere you go? The carnival? The beach? Daycare? Etc? I worry about me and my own first and foremost, I will defend myself with every advantage I have before playing nice against a stranger.
What, you think that if some home invaders broke into your house while you're on the pot, they're going to wait for you to flush, wipe, and pull your drawers up before they put a gun in your face??? Or if your wife is taking a shower, they're going to nicely wait outside while she puts on her bathrobe?
Don't know what's so paranoid about keeping a gun in the bathroom. So long as you don't have children that can get access to it, I think it's being proactive for the "what if" or "just in case" scenario that each of us fears might come up.
