Do you know the word for someone who gets in a gunfight over $20 dollars out of a cash register? DEAD. I'll take coward over dead any day.

My firearms proficiency is up to par, trust me. Being proficient in gunfighting doesn't guarantee you'll win. Cops get killed by punks all the time. Soldiers get killed by illiterate goons overseas all the time. Surely we can agree that cops and soldiers have more training and are better at gunfighting than punks and illiterate goons, yet they still die.

Like I said earlier, the only gunfight you're guaranteed to win is the gunfight you don't get involved in. If you think you're guaranteed to win a gunfight because you're a good shot, have lots of training, or whatever, you might want to think again. Those things increase the odds, but there are no guaranteed outcomes. Fight for your life, but only if your life depends on it.

Wow, really?? Just lay down then & everything will be ok. Open carry is easily gonna prevent more crime than any tax or fee is. I'd wonder how you'd feel about yourself when the dip robbing the place happens to put one in a kids chest that took too long giving up that 30$ I'm sure he'd retire from crime after getting away with that too knowing that it ain't worth the risk for someone to step up? He'd probably never think of robbing ur kid as he's walking down the street either because it's immoral?? Good luck living blind guy, if I can teach my kids anything it's definitely Not gonna be "Screw ur Neighbor because it's easier or safer for me". You don't have to be Clint Eastwood but u don't need to have that mindset either. A good benefit of open/concealed carry is that I Can pay for my gas safely & You will probably be able to as well as a Direct result of My open carry.
If u ever get lost in the woods just find a big tree & hug it, someone will come for you buddy, it'll be alright

Agree.
Loosegoose- it's not about "someone else's $30 in the cash register", it's about someone else's mother, father, child, etc. I love my family with all my heart and I don't wish to die, nor have anything bad happen to my family. Actually, the reason I carry is to help insure that. BUT, I have a duty as a human being to try to insure that for others, if the need arises and I am able.
Question for you- how do you feel about all the men and women in our military (past, present and future) that fight and die to protect YOU AND YOUR FAMILY? I bet you are thankful that they don't feel the same as you.

You're all confused. I open carry regularly, the only reason I don't conceal is because I refuse to pay for permission for something that is my right. If someone puts a bullet in a clerks chest, me and my wife and kids are still alive. If someone tries to rob my kid, that's a different story. Pump em full of lead, or die trying.

The military signed up to go fight, and I'm very thankful for that. I didn't sign up to protect $30 dollars in a cash register, or other people, by my carrying of a gun.

Well, you can't fix stupid.
Not worth arguing with you over this, so I'm done. I pray, that if you or your family is ever in need of saving, someone who is NOT A COWARD comes to your rescue and does what you refuse to do.
Good luck in life.

You're right, stupid can't be fixed, and it's stupid to get in a gun fight if you don't have to.

I had to put gun in hand twice. Thankfully didn’t have to kill anyone. Easy to say your going to draw on a man who already has a gun out. Hope you never feel a need to try it

Sheep, sheepdog and wolves is a good read and explains what is going on here with the not my problem outlook just sheep being a sheep really! Look it up on a wed search!

I'm the sheepdog for my family. Hurt my sheep and you'll likely get bit and bleed out on the floor. But I'm not going to be the sheepdog for someone else's herd.

If you can live that then it's Ok with me it's just in me to look out for the sheep and other sheepdogs to each their own but the wolf is everyone's problem I'd look after your sheep if you were not around so think about that maybe.

This. There's a lot more to a gunfight than standing square to an umoving badguy, lining up the sights, and sqeezing the trigger. You'll never outdraw the guy who's already drawn. Movement, cover and concealment, hand to hand combat, quick drawing, reloading, point shooting, shooting from uncomfortable positions, off-hand shooting, they all play a part. How many have practiced drawing and shooting while exiting a vehicle? How about walking backwards toward cover, and then loading and shooting with your offhand, while down on one knee? How about any other millions of ways you can train besides sticking a gun in your holster, and going to a range every once in a while? Half the guys here giving me a hard time are likely old and overweight and wouldn't have the ability to go hand to hand with some young fit punk with a gun for 10 seconds and would end up dead on the floor for their efforts.

Wait for your time then make your move you giving a loser with so many problems super powers just because he has a gun when he is as confused and nervous as everyone else maybe more, if he was all that smart he'd be doing something productive.

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Certainly puts some perspective on it right there.

Lucky you! I have a feeling MN's new liberal governor will work hard to toughen up guns laws in MN. Thank goodness the republicans control the senate in MN.

Loose goose is kinda correct on this

I agree.

That is great news! Bet i know what party she aligns with, lol

Funny how some folks defend the dems when all ya have to do is look at their bills when they get in office.