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@9GFHMYCAgreements3yrs ago

I find this true, a lot of people that carry guns as safety not for violence, have to carry them because of the possibility any day, any time, that there could be a threat. I think that guns are too available and it's terrifying.

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 @9RGQQGD from Illinois  commented…2yrs2Y

It’s terrifying because what if I just fall into someone but they perceive it as a threat/push/me acting like I’m trying to pick a problem with them? Are they just going to pull out a gun at me because they feel threatened/like they need to defend themselves? Or what if they think I have a weapon as a random by stander and it turns out to be an umbrella? And I going to ambushed because they perceived me as a threat without assessing the situation and pull out a gun? It seems like an extreme way to defend yourself in a public place that is populated/busy/broad daylight, literally any scenario that’s not being in the middle of now where and you actually wonder why the hell is someone coming down your driveway. But even still, why is the first instinct to grab something that has the capacity to cause life threatening injuries?

 @9TYJFHK from Illinois  commented…2yrs2Y

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For almost all concealed carriers, the standard (reflected by instinct and training) is to not draw until the threat is clearly present and severe.

If you shove into them accidentally, even the intentional equivalent probably wouldn't justify deadly force.

Especially if the only "bad" sign is you having an apparent weapon slung on your back, as is proper etiquette for open carry of rifles, they'll know not to draw until **** 's about to hit the fan.

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