Troutman
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Rather be a slient professional.
That would depend upon the point of your question. If you are suggesting that I want to “show off” the answer is I don’t. If the suggestion is that I wish to ”advertise” then, yes, I would for several reasons.ball3006: Why would you want to draw attention to yourself?
This is wrong. Open carry is not banned in any juristiction in all of VA. It used to be banned in some, but not anymore. Also, It's not allowed...it's not banned. We don't have laws allowing us to do things, we have laws banning us from doing things.Here in VA several cities-counties allow open carry.
That sounds familiar. It was the same argument that the anti-gun forces used when Texas authorized concealed carry. Funny thing is it hasn't happened yet and that was 11 years ago.Fallen: If there were unfettered access to weaponry, without licensing or any other restrictions -- as there presumably was until the latter part of the 1800s -- most would feel obligated to carry. Something like a (wildly more unstable) Cold War arms race.
"That sounds familiar. It was the same argument that the anti-gun forces used when Texas authorized concealed carry. Funny thing is it hasn't happened yet and that was 11 years ago."
Fallen, in reverse order, Texas prohibited the carrying of pistols to disarm the freed slaves and to ensure their servility toward the end of Reconstruction. This law, like all gun laws, is about racism, not "arms races." (If government were so concerned about "arms races", why not disarm its police forces?)