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Right to Flex Arms (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 10 months ago by JennieBreeden@lemmy.sdf.org to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (10 children)

I carry a gun. Inside my waistband and under a shirt like a fucking adult. Open carrying out in the wilderness, for work or on a range is understandable.

Randos carrying in public is pure cringe and is super counterproductive to the goal of practical responsible gun ownership as I see it.

[–] anonono@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (4 children)

of all the motives to be against open carry, putting cringe as one of them is ... cringe.

[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Everyone else did a good job of listing the rest so I figured it was implied so here goes.

Open carrying makes you a bigger target to hypothetical mass shooters because you are the biggest threat to them and will be targeted first before you can react.

It makes you a bigger target to hypothetical robbers who use your weapon to size up how much money you have/make.

It is clearly visible so the chance of social interaction goes up (see comic)

It puts guns as front and center as your whole personality. Showing anything as your whole personality is not great, but something controversial and divisive is worse.

And nearly all of this is avoidable by simply concealed carrying if you want to be armed.

[–] anonono@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

yeah as I said, a lot of good motives, mentioning cringe is childish

[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

If you say so

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

of all the motives to be against open carry, putting cringe as one of them is ... cringe.

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