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Originally Posted by LongRider
Regarding some other threads. I wonder how many of our concerns about open carry really happen. Does the person open carrying often get shot first? Do they often get their gun taken away? Anyone have links to stories or personal accounts where these things happen. Or are these just possibilities that might happen some day to some one? I don't know so I am asking.
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For the most part, it's supposition, if it has happened, (regarding civilians being targeted) I haven't heard about it. As I stated in another post regarding being targeted as a result of OC.
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Originally Posted by JD
...to dismiss the possibility of being targeted due to it being unlikely, is that we all ready planning on what to do if we find ourselves in an unlikely circumstance.
We carry a gun so that in the unlikely event that we need it, we have it.
We carry spare magazines in the unlikely event that we need more than one.
We carry spare guns in the unlikely event that we need more than one.
We carry knives in the unlikely event that we need to use it to fend off an attacker.
We do all these things because there is a possibility that we may need them no matter how unlikely the circumstance.
So while I totally understand that the presence of a gun can deter crime, I'm not going to pretend it's a force field that will keep unlikely circumstances from occuring, I am a firm believer in Muprhy's Law...
If it can go wrong, it will.
No matter how unlikely.
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