Badger Johnson
Regular Member
People everywhere are not especially aware of their environment, armed, not armed and everything in between. You seem to be basing your argument on the 'fallacy' that if you OC, a criminal will run up and steal your gun and shoot you. Though it might be possible, we only have 1-2 examples (allegedly) among the thousands of OCs. It's not common.
How many LEOs fail to go to the range as they should, shoot into the ground near a suspect's head due to bad handling, shoot through the back of a car window and kill the subject, and so on. Lots. And they're supposed to be pros. Civilians are generally carrying because they like guns. Cops carry because they have to. The best shooters in comps are often civilians.
Admittedly, there are some people who should not be near guns. Total klutzes. We had one in our CHL class - dipsy woman in a wheelchair who just had no attention span or coordination. She could have take 200 hrs of training and still been a danger to herself and others. Doesn't mean we should make laws to govern thousands based on her ineptitude.
How many LEOs fail to go to the range as they should, shoot into the ground near a suspect's head due to bad handling, shoot through the back of a car window and kill the subject, and so on. Lots. And they're supposed to be pros. Civilians are generally carrying because they like guns. Cops carry because they have to. The best shooters in comps are often civilians.
Admittedly, there are some people who should not be near guns. Total klutzes. We had one in our CHL class - dipsy woman in a wheelchair who just had no attention span or coordination. She could have take 200 hrs of training and still been a danger to herself and others. Doesn't mean we should make laws to govern thousands based on her ineptitude.