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Originally Posted by Kingruv
Once the hinges and locks are taken off a door there is little left to hold the door up or secure it in it's place. I've seen places that has no secure door. People peer out from the dark room looking to see whats coming. They live in fear and do not know what the night holds.
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Urgh. Ugh. Meh. Oh, America.
Yeah, nice metaphor... but I say having a gun doesn't change any of that alarmist poetry. A gun by itself doesn't turn Joe Wimpy into Joe Hero. It's just a tool, an implement. It isn't a magical merit badge of valor, it isn't burglar repellent, it doesn't do anything that the operator can't make it do. Even the pathetic training I experienced in the military said as much when it brainwashed me with, "Your M4 is an instrument, you are the weapon."
Perhaps it is these paranoid gun owners that "live in fear and do not know what the night holds." I'm not a statistical genius nor do I play one on TeeVee, but I'm sure there is a large number amongst the clutch-of-death-on-a-1911 "living in fear" crowd. Gah, I'm sick of the hoopla. Relax, people.
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I'm all for open carry but this ultra-violent, litigation-happy, guns-will-eat-my-baby Baa!-Baa! society makes it way impractical.
Discretion is the better part of valor. Keep a low profile. It aids in hiding you from the man, ya know.
Legal or not, common sense would dictate that walking around your front yard with a visible piece is a great way to get unwanted attention.
Plus, the guy was doing vehicle maintenance? I'm not a tactical mechanic, but I'd reckon a sidearm just gets in the way. Whenever I'm working on cars, I ditch the watches, rings, clown shoes, necklaces, MP5K PDW chest rig, whatever. That's just common sense safety. And you might scratch the finish!
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Huh, you live in NoVA, too? We should go shooting some time.