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In article <7q22ns$lfi$1@agate-ether.berkeley.edu>, 
dim@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (D. Gerasimatos) wrote:
>Why are concealed weapons necessary? Why not just carry 
your firearms
>visibly on your person? That's probably a more effective 
deterrent,
>don't you think? 
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>Dimitri

I think concealed weapons have the greater benefit to 
society as a whole.  If BadGuy has to guess who is and 
isn't packing, the people that aren't carrying derive as 
much benefit from the practice as the people that are.

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.

Scott

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