• nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Guns are safer and more powerful when you don’t flaunt them around like a personality trait. This is why many states that allow conceal carry won’t allow you to open carry, you make yourself an early target and your weapon becomes someone else’s.

    • friend_of_satan@lemmy.world
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      That’s awesome. I never understood concealed carry being illegal if open carry was not.

      One time back in HS I got stopped by the cops for being out past curfew and allowed them to search my bag (mistake) and they found a pocket knife I had forgotten was in there. They said they could confiscate it and give me a citation for carrying a concealed weapon and I was like “what do you want me to do, walk around holding it?” They said “leave it home” which is obviously not helpful if you actually need a knife.