Do you trust OTHER people W/ guns?

[Treo]

Do you trust other people W/ guns?

Frequently I see threads here about gun shops that restrict carry or gun shows or the NRA convention. It reminds me of a Pastor at a church I used to attend that used to ask “Do you hate sin?” and everyone would raise their hand then he’d ask “Do you hate your sin?’ not quite as enthusiastic a response.

Anyway I thought I’d throw this out; In general do you trust other people, people that you don’t know or people that do things that, while legal, you disagree with, with a gun?

How would you feel if the entire country did away W/ permits and just allowed Vermont carry? Would you feel more or less safe?

 

[DougG]

I think that all goes with freedom, some would be worthy of trust with a gun, some would not, being cautious just like driving a car is always the best policy.

 

[JimPage]

+1 what DougG said.

 

[tattedupboy]

I can't and don't trust people whom I do not know, and that's part of the reason I carry......

 

[gunsite]

Do you trust other people W/ guns?

Frequently I see threads here about gun shops that restrict carry or gun shows or the NRA convention. It reminds me of a Pastor at a church I used to attend that used to ask “Do you hate sin?” and everyone would raise their hand then he’d ask “Do you hate your sin?’ not quite as enthusiastic a response.

Anyway I thought I’d throw this out; In general do you trust other people, people that you don’t know or people that do things that, while legal, you disagree with, with a gun?

How would you feel if the entire country did away W/ permits and just allowed Vermont carry? Would you feel more or less safe?

good concept/question... i refer to the old saying "guns don't kill... people kill"

i know of and witness plenty of people who carry a weapon but lack a safety level of comfort for me. Lack of safety on a range or safety in general is enforced on a range, and i'll use Law Enforcement as a example and gun shop that i attended.

Safety should be a mind set at all times when you strap-on a weapon, and many people who've i seen lack that mind set IMO, yes their aware of safety when their on the range, but if someone isn't watching or enforcing safety they slip to recklessness.

My opinion has always been no matter which state it is, before a CC permit is issue, that person needs to go through a safety course and a use of deadly force classroom course in accordance with state laws/guide lines. I think every law bidden citizen should carry a weapon, but they should know what the hell they're doing, and why.

Those courses will install confidence and awareness in the CC holder.

 

[sFe]

In public I do for the most part. At a range not so much.

 

[Treo]

OK to go in a slightly different direction, If you saw a person open carrying ( not doing anything out of the ordinary just openly carrying a fire arm) would you freak or go on the defensive?

Of course the question assumes OC is legal in your location

 

[NavyLCDR]

OK to go in a slightly different direction, If you saw a person open carrying ( not doing anything out of the ordinary just openly carrying a fire arm) would you freak or go on the defensive?

Of course the question assumes OC is legal in your location

You just had to go there, didn't you!

When I see someone else open carrying a handgun in a holster, the first thought that goes through my mind is, "There's a person that cares about their self-defense." I feel safer when I see it.

With one exception:

But, then again, those aren't holstered guns.

 

[Treo]

You just had to go there, didn't you!

:biggrin: Yup :biggrin:

OMG my eyes will never be the same

 

[marlin.357]

I would feel more safe. Constitutional carry in Vermont Alaska & Arizona has (with very few exceptions) been very successful at reducing crime. Bring it on! :biggrin:

 

[nogods]

I would feel more safe. Constitutional carry in Vermont Alaska & Arizona has (with very few exceptions) been very successful at reducing crime. Bring it on! :biggrin:

I'd feel safer with more responsible people carrying, less safe with more irresponsible people carrying.

The problem would be finding a way to filter out the responsible from the irresponsible, and then keep the irresponsible from illegally carrying.

But we don't help the cause by making unsupported assertions.

Vermont has the 2nd lowest violent crime rate. But Alaska ranks 47th, and Arizona is 32nd.

Three heavily focused gun control states, Rhode Island (12th), Connecticut (22nd) and New York (29th) have lower violent crime rates than Arizona and Alaska.

California (36th) and Illinois (40th) have lower violent crime rates than Alaska

Gun control or the lack of it simply has no impact on the crime rate.

Asserting so either way is giving your opponent an achilles heel.

 

[mappow]

Damm LT, 44's and 38's, not my cup of tea but you know what they say in the Navy "Any Port in the Storm will do"

As for the trust............I assume the best in all people. Through my observations I'll adjust my given trust accordingly. If I saw someone OC'ing I would assume (YES I know what it means) that they feel enough confidence in their training and ability to OC. Being this is basically a NO OC State, I would naturally assume they're LEO's.

 

[likethemini14]

Amazingly those persons with guns have been running in the same circles as me any my husband, and yes I trust them. I believe we trust each other as well...I know who I could count on. Its comforting to know they are an earshot away (small farm community)leasantry:

Have seen persons open carry and used to think they were just leo. Nowadays, doesn't bother me cause I may have mine cc.:girl_wink:

 

[Pokey]

Once I get to know ya......I trust ya, otherwise the verdict is still out.

 

[m1gunr]

Once I get to know ya......I trust ya, otherwise the verdict is still out.

I do know of some folks who carry, that I wished didn't but at this time I have no say in restricting their rights.

 

[Rocketgeezer]

You just had to go there, didn't you!

When I see someone else open carrying a handgun in a holster, the first thought that goes through my mind is, "There's a person that cares about their self-defense." I feel safer when I see it.

With one exception:

But, then again, those aren't holstered guns.

Jesus, those poor guns, even being Glocks, they will never be the same:sarcastic:

 

[jim fox]

Do you trust other people W/ guns?

How would you feel if the entire country did away W/ permits and just allowed Vermont carry? Would you feel more or less safe?

Trust other folks with guns? To a point. Same as I trust folks with cars. I don't know what Joe (or Jane) Sixpack is going to do with a loaded gun any more than I know what they will do with 3,500 pounds of moving steel.

Realistically, when the first jurisdictions in our republic went with carry permits - concealed or open - they annoyed the law abiding and gave a Hassel Tool to the local police. And it's still the same 200+ years later.

For the most part I think the statutory police power used to control personal weapons has been mostly misused when it has been used at all.

I'd be content with the whole country going "Alaska Carry" - which is either open or concealed. I don't think it'd make much difference in what you see on the street.

 

[Edsworld]

You just had to go there, didn't you!

When I see someone else open carrying a handgun in a holster, the first thought that goes through my mind is, "There's a person that cares about their self-defense." I feel safer when I see it.

With one exception:

But, then again, those aren't holstered guns.

:hang3:

 

[kudzu]

Do you trust other people W/ guns?

Do you trust other people W/ automobiles?

It seems to me that trusting everyone to drive cars poses a far greater risk than trusting them to carry guns.

What do you think?

 

[Lowjiber]

Frequently I see threads here about gun shops that restrict carry...

When I see a sign restricting carry on the front door of a gun shop, I don't even bother to enter. They're obviously not my kind of people.