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Originally Posted by fatbob
Ok I am ignorant to this issue being from the UK where thankfully we don't have the same gun issues as a lot of you guys.
Why would someone want to carry a concealed weapon? I thought the argument was that you carry handguns for personal protect and as a deterrent only? If your gun is concealed how does it act as a deterrent? Surely a concealed gun only becomes useful as protection when you take it out and show it which is a point that I thought no-one would want to get to?
I'm not trying to get into a big moral argument about the public's right to carry handguns, I am sure where I stand on that, just interested as to the pros and cons of concealed weapons.
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The argument about concealed carry has a few different sides to it. Some people consider it a 'tactical' advantage, which basically means that they want to be able to surprise the bad guy attempting to make them a victim. Personally, concealed carry does nothing for me. I would just as soon have open carry legal in all 50 states, but in about 7 states here open carry isn't even an option. I can only assume that it is that way because there are too many people who panic at the sight of someone wearing a gun that doesn't wear a badge. All in all, carrying open or concealed is having the tool and ability to defend yourself or others in the event that someone wants to victimize you.
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