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I made my comment above partially in jest, but if this forum is really about trying to show people that OC is the act of a responsible citizen, you are not helping. It is certainly your right to carry that thing, but the overwhelmingly dangerous level of overkill that carrying such a weapon, anywhere except in grizzly bear country, represents looks foolish. Well, it is foolish, actually. If you were forced to use that weapon in a real defensive situation, you would likely be more dangerous than the bad guy.
If you used that gun and hurt someone down the block (or in the next area code), I would not be surprised to hear discussions about limiting the caliber of a carry gun and if I did hear such discussions, I would be hard pressed to say that they were wrong. Before this post, I would have said a caliber restriction would be unnecessary as no one would be silly enough to carry a Rhinoceros stopper in a city. Doing so is inconvenient, and unnecessary, and unnecessarily dangerous. I would have said, "Someone who buys a gun like that will soon know that it is too much gun for carry in populated areas".
As I said, it is your right to carry it, but don't kid yourself that you are doing anything but hurting the effort.