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Carry is more effective when concealed because then someone intent on
committing a crime has no idea who is and who isn't armed.  Plus, those
people who are frightened easily aren't bothered by the few of us who wish
to carry.  Third, wearing a gun openly when dressed for inclement weather is
awkward at best, and a gun worn openly tends to detract from the appearance
of dress wear.

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To be civilized is to restrain the ability to commit mayhem.
To be incapable of committing mayhem is not the mark of the civilized,
merely the domesticated.

(Thanks to Trefor Thomas)
D. Gerasimatos wrote in message <7q22ns$lfi$1@agate-ether.berkeley.edu>...
>In article <7q21di$f33$1@hpcvnews.cv.hp.com>,
>Tom Huffman <toemoss@cv.hp.com> wrote:
>>     The one aspect of this that has to be recognized is
>>that conceled carry permits aren't valid in certain places,
>>including schools.  This is why Kip Kinkel was successful
>>in his shooting spree in Eugene, OR (my home state, where
>>CCW is "shall issue").
>>     Were CCW holders allowed to carry on school grounds,
>>Kip would be dead (or at least stopped quickly) and there
>>would only be a few victims; possibly none, if someone saw
>>him coming in the door and confronted him.
>>     Yeah, I agree that airlines aren't a good place for
>>CCW; people get too frightened in cases of bad turbulence.
>>But other places, such as schools, need the protection of
>>CCW holders.
>>     And those who think this will only increase violence,
>>haven't absorbed the concept that CCW holders have a much
>>lower crime rate than the general public, and are *much*
>>more accurate than the police.  They're also at the place
>>of the crime *WHEN IT HAPPENS*, not 5 or 10 minutes later.
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>My question is...
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>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
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