Re: "Concealed Carry" laws STOP SHOOTING SPREES!

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From: Steve Hix
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 00:00

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In article <7q22ns$lfi$1@agate-ether.berkeley.edu>,
dim@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (D. Gerasimatos) wrote:

> My question is...
> 
> 
> Why are concealed weapons necessary? Why not just carry your firearms
> visibly on your person?

Done in some states (with no apparent problems).

> That's probably a more effective deterrent,
> don't you think? 

Not at all:

 - A would-be assailant is able to determine who is armed,
   thus who would be a threat to him.

 - Concealed carry means that he has no way to know who
   *might* be armed, affecting his calculus of personal
   risk. (He *might* choose to shoot everyone in sight
   in a pre-emptive strike...but this does not seem to
   actually happen, well, unless he's pretty sure that
   nobody is going to be armed, at schools and similar
   venues.)

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From: sehix@macol.net (Steve Hix)
Subject: Re: "Concealed Carry" laws STOP SHOOTING SPREES!
Date: 1999/08/26
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