I strongly disagree with your opinion. My carrying a weapon is my right, and in many cases my responsibility. The fact that I do not do so right now in violation of our current law is a combination of two factors. The first factor is that I am wary of spending my money defending a court case and have little faith that the courts would agree with me (though I am slowly changing on that, esp. after the recent 9th Circuit ruling). The second and more important reason is that I do not feel the threat is great enough to me that I need to carry in violation of the law at this time. There are tactical arguments both ways on it, and the first step in making this decision is to balance the risk and reward.premedit8ed wrote:At this point yes everything is a privilege is a million dollar home a right or a privilege? If you commit a crime the goverment can take away your so called "rights" so tell me if it's your right to open carry why don't you instead of waiting for the goverment to grant you that privilege. Exactly
I can guarantee that I would be carrying a full size 1911 openly on my right hip if I felt the danger to me from not doing so was enough to justify the risk of governmental action. Of course, I would also be looking at how to reduce that danger in other ways in a hurry too.