shadowalker
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Just some good hearted questions, it seems like most your points apply to having a firearm at all.
I agree most people are not direct threats most of the time, the 1% of people who will kill you for you for no reason is the reason I carry. Also if things turn bad and it comes down to survival good people will do what is needed to survive.
This would apply to anyone with a firearm, even those who just have bed side guns and don't carry at all, who should be allowed to have guns?
Further who is bluffing? If my weapon is pointed at someone it is because they pose a direct and immediate threat, I believe them to have the ability, opportunity and intent to cause me or someone else great physical harm, there is no bluff.
A pistol isn't worthless against an unarmed criminal, there is disparity of force, size differences, and certain crimes that authorize lethal force such as rape. In the state of Idaho it doesn't say the bad guy has to be armed with anything, only that a reasonable person would believe that great physical harm or death is imminent.
Whether to engage or not affects everyone, it affects concealed carry people, LEO, even unarmed bystanders. A good training class and reviewing the laws gives a lot more perspective on if and when to intervene in a third party situation.
This is security through obscurity which is proven to be a falsity. OC and CC aren't mutually exclusive. I'm not going to rely on the BG not knowing if I'm armed or not to protect me, even with 10% CCW there is still a 90% chance the person isn't armed, pretty good odds for the bad guy.
Also, I would like to note that my belief is that 99.9% of human beings have a genuine moral fiber.
I agree most people are not direct threats most of the time, the 1% of people who will kill you for you for no reason is the reason I carry. Also if things turn bad and it comes down to survival good people will do what is needed to survive.
Like I said before, most people are good hearted folks, and if we start arming good hearted folks, it only takes a few "I just couldn't pull the trigger!" before the criminals call our bluff.
This would apply to anyone with a firearm, even those who just have bed side guns and don't carry at all, who should be allowed to have guns?
Further who is bluffing? If my weapon is pointed at someone it is because they pose a direct and immediate threat, I believe them to have the ability, opportunity and intent to cause me or someone else great physical harm, there is no bluff.
Not too mention how worthless a pistol is to an unarmed criminal. Just because you see a man pick up a kid and run off with her doesn't mean he isn't her father
A pistol isn't worthless against an unarmed criminal, there is disparity of force, size differences, and certain crimes that authorize lethal force such as rape. In the state of Idaho it doesn't say the bad guy has to be armed with anything, only that a reasonable person would believe that great physical harm or death is imminent.
Whether to engage or not affects everyone, it affects concealed carry people, LEO, even unarmed bystanders. A good training class and reviewing the laws gives a lot more perspective on if and when to intervene in a third party situation.
Another argument is for the folks who don't want to open carry. When criminals know that 10% of the folks in your state have a concealed carry permit, they're going to think "which one of these guys is armed?" before they do their dirty deeds. If we all start open carrying, and we manage to get 10% involvement, all they have to do is look around for folks with holsters before they kidnap a child from a playground. With more concealed carry, there's no way for them to know that a TEACHER doesn't have a pistol.
This is security through obscurity which is proven to be a falsity. OC and CC aren't mutually exclusive. I'm not going to rely on the BG not knowing if I'm armed or not to protect me, even with 10% CCW there is still a 90% chance the person isn't armed, pretty good odds for the bad guy.