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In article <7q2c2m$k9d@dfw-ixnews17.ix.netcom.com>,
  Merlin Dorfman <dorfman@netcom12.netcom.com> wrote:
> In ca.general smc62 <smc62NOmrSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> : On the other hand, open carry has the benefit of limiting
> : the protection to the people that most deserve it, the ones
> : that respect their own lives and the lives of their loved
> : ones enough to accept the responsibility to protect their
> : life and liberty by carrying guns on a day-to-day basis.  I
> : definitely see the appeal of that concept too.  Plus when
> : you carry a gun openly, people have a tendency to be ever
> : so much more polite.
>
>      By carrying openly, you are stating that you will resist
> attacks, thus making yourself the target of pre-emptive attacks.

] Wrong, it makes you less likely to be attacked.

> This resembles the code of the West, where the gunslingers
> mostly tended to attack each other, and the citizens who did
> not carry guns were mostly left alone.

  You must have learned the code of the West from B-movies and cheap
novels.

 There is much to be said
> for this--let the guys with guns shoot at each other, and I'll
> just try to keep out of the way of stray bullets.
>      If somebody is carrying a gun openly, I am exceptionally
> polite to them--I won't come within 100 yards of them if I can
> help it.

  Good, I prefer not to associate with cowards.
  KB
>
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