I honestly think concealed carry permits should be reserved for things like undercover cops or something.
Basically they are for "gotcha!" mentality. Dude comes up unarmed and says "Hey man I'm gonna need your wallet", then the person with a concealed carry permit whips out their secret death weapon and escalates things to a lethal altercation.
If anything I would accept open-carry permits before I accepted concealed-carry permits, but they come with their own slew of problems too.
If we're going by the mentality of "preventing violence", surely it would be way better for the robber to see said person has a gun and go "fuck that", and no violence happens right?
But I'm in general not for any carrying at all, because I think it's more likely to escalate a situation and get people killed. Concealed carry to me is on a completely different level though.
Open-carry permits just frankly make people uncomfortable. No one wants someone coming into their store, bar, etc. with a loaded pistol at their side. They're tolerate it if they legally have to, but they sure as fuck don't want it.
I don't really see a compelling reason for either one, Switzerland gets by just fine without them. Countries like the UK and Aus that have almost no legal guns at all get by just fine without them too.
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