β² 491 βΌ Right to Flex Arms (lemmy.sdf.org) submitted 2 years ago by JennieBreeden@lemmy.sdf.org to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world 147 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] anonono@lemmy.world -9 points 2 years ago (1 child) of all the motives to be against open carry, putting cringe as one of them is ... cringe. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Everyone else did a good job of listing the rest so I figured it was implied so here goes. Open carrying makes you a bigger target to hypothetical mass shooters because you are the biggest threat to them and will be targeted first before you can react. It makes you a bigger target to hypothetical robbers who use your weapon to size up how much money you have/make. It is clearly visible so the chance of social interaction goes up (see comic) It puts guns as front and center as your whole personality. Showing anything as your whole personality is not great, but something controversial and divisive is worse. And nearly all of this is avoidable by simply concealed carrying if you want to be armed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] anonono@lemmy.world -8 points 2 years ago (2 children) yeah as I said, a lot of good motives, mentioning cringe is childish permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago If you say so permalink fedilink source parent [β] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago of all the motives to be against open carry, putting cringe as one of them is ... cringe. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Everyone else did a good job of listing the rest so I figured it was implied so here goes. Open carrying makes you a bigger target to hypothetical mass shooters because you are the biggest threat to them and will be targeted first before you can react. It makes you a bigger target to hypothetical robbers who use your weapon to size up how much money you have/make. It is clearly visible so the chance of social interaction goes up (see comic) It puts guns as front and center as your whole personality. Showing anything as your whole personality is not great, but something controversial and divisive is worse. And nearly all of this is avoidable by simply concealed carrying if you want to be armed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] anonono@lemmy.world -8 points 2 years ago (2 children) yeah as I said, a lot of good motives, mentioning cringe is childish permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago If you say so permalink fedilink source parent [β] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago of all the motives to be against open carry, putting cringe as one of them is ... cringe. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] anonono@lemmy.world -8 points 2 years ago (2 children) yeah as I said, a lot of good motives, mentioning cringe is childish permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago If you say so permalink fedilink source parent [β] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago of all the motives to be against open carry, putting cringe as one of them is ... cringe. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago If you say so permalink fedilink source parent
[β] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago of all the motives to be against open carry, putting cringe as one of them is ... cringe. permalink fedilink source parent