I can put my Winchester or Mini 14 in a lacrosse bag and walk around all day; underfolder AK's fit in tennis bags. A Kel-Tec SUB 2000 with a 33-round 9mm mag fits in a small laptop case or a largish purse. And if surprise is a factor, I bet someone with an AR-15 can run into a bank pretty quick and catch everyone off guard and probably get away... the North Hollywood bandits robbed three banks before they were caught, and they were caught by poor money delivery timing and not the cops.terryg wrote:I don't know that such is a fair comparison. The fact that long guns, by their physical size, are not easily concealable, makes them much less attractive for use by potential criminals as they would quickly lose the element of surprise.denwego wrote:Requiring a license, permit, or any other sort of permission slip in order to just carry a handgun around is unquestionably a violation of rights, because it's no longer a right, but a privilege. The way Texas handles rifles and shotguns is the closest thing we have to "reasonable restrictions": no permit required to purchase, possess, or carry; no requirement to conceal or to keep in the open; a short and specific list of locations where carry isn't allowed; general prohibition on non-safe or non-necessary discharge in public.
It's magic that those very limited regulations prevent the "blood in the street" scenario as far as longarms are concerned, but doing the same with handguns is inconceivable. It's moronic.
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Criminalize criminal behavior, not innocent carrying.