Liberty wrote:Wouldn't logic dictate that the Police officer or open carrying citizen would be the first to be targeted by a BG robbing a place? I understand that most Postal shooters and Armed robbers aren't the brightest folks on the block, but it seems to me that most of them would understand the importance of taking out the obviously armed out first rather than latter.phddan wrote:melkor41 wrote:You mean that "if you are going to start shooting, shoot me first" sign on your hip?
Any cites or personal experiences to back this overused myth up?????
Dan
Well, to me logic would dictate that if there were ANY examples of an OC citizen being targeted, it would have surfaced in at least one of the gun boards I frequent by now.
I open carried in Alamagordo NM for two years when I was stationed there, and never once had any kind of negative reaction to it.
I see this type of argument against open carry as the same argument against CC that blood would run in the streets, with wild west shoot outs everywhere. Arguments based on emotion, not fact.
If OC were ever to become a reality, there would be quite the news blitz before the law went into effect, so most people would know it was legal. Also, I think 911 operators would be instructed that when they received a "man with a gun" call, they should ask questions like is he brandishing it, is he threatening any one with it, or simply what's he doing with it ? Non issue in my mind.
Dan