Hello everyone.
I have a slight dilemma involving my parents. So my mother is pretty much anti-gun, but my father and I absolutely love firearms, since we own many, and our right to own them. HOWEVER BOTH of my parents are totally against open carry. In fact, we got into a huge argument about the need for open carry. My parents argued that it "attracts the wrong attention and makes you a target", while I argue that the carrying of firearms, openly or concealed, deters crime, and saves people from being robbed or murdered by some tyrannical nutjob. I'm shocked... How can someone, like my father, LOVE firearms, but disagree with his right to carry them!??? We live in Tucson Arizona, in fact, we live less than 10 miles from that mass shooting spree at that Safeway parking lot where Jared Loughner took the lives of >6 innocent people and injured >14 others(I think those were the numbers). In fact, I attend the SAME Community College Jared Loughner himself attended, so violent crime isn't nonexistent out here. I argue that if at least one person among that crowd had a firearm, Jared Loughner most likely wouldn't have killed as many people as he did, but my parents STILL think it would have ended up worse if someone else, even a good guy, had a firearm for self-defense. I explain to them; that's why you spend a lot of time at the range, removing your firearm from it's holster, and target shooting at several yards etc. Unfortunately they ALWAYS cut me off so I never have enough time to argue my point.
I need help convincing my parents that open carry can be a good thing as long as you remain a respectable and friendly person, while taking the responsibility of integrity, abide by state and federal laws, and most importantly: TRAIN intensively to effectively defend yourself, and/or those around you from Unlawful deadly physical force and/or robbery.
Btw I'm 19 and I OC almost everywhere I go, however I've temporarily stopped because I don't want to disobey my parents.
Any advice for me?
Once again I want to RESPECTIVELY argue in favor of Open carry/Conceal carry, but I do NOT want to disobey my parents.
Thank you in advance!
(Smith & Wesson Sigma .40 cal. (SW40VE) is my carry handgun for those wondering)
I have a slight dilemma involving my parents. So my mother is pretty much anti-gun, but my father and I absolutely love firearms, since we own many, and our right to own them. HOWEVER BOTH of my parents are totally against open carry. In fact, we got into a huge argument about the need for open carry. My parents argued that it "attracts the wrong attention and makes you a target", while I argue that the carrying of firearms, openly or concealed, deters crime, and saves people from being robbed or murdered by some tyrannical nutjob. I'm shocked... How can someone, like my father, LOVE firearms, but disagree with his right to carry them!??? We live in Tucson Arizona, in fact, we live less than 10 miles from that mass shooting spree at that Safeway parking lot where Jared Loughner took the lives of >6 innocent people and injured >14 others(I think those were the numbers). In fact, I attend the SAME Community College Jared Loughner himself attended, so violent crime isn't nonexistent out here. I argue that if at least one person among that crowd had a firearm, Jared Loughner most likely wouldn't have killed as many people as he did, but my parents STILL think it would have ended up worse if someone else, even a good guy, had a firearm for self-defense. I explain to them; that's why you spend a lot of time at the range, removing your firearm from it's holster, and target shooting at several yards etc. Unfortunately they ALWAYS cut me off so I never have enough time to argue my point.
I need help convincing my parents that open carry can be a good thing as long as you remain a respectable and friendly person, while taking the responsibility of integrity, abide by state and federal laws, and most importantly: TRAIN intensively to effectively defend yourself, and/or those around you from Unlawful deadly physical force and/or robbery.
Btw I'm 19 and I OC almost everywhere I go, however I've temporarily stopped because I don't want to disobey my parents.
Any advice for me?
Once again I want to RESPECTIVELY argue in favor of Open carry/Conceal carry, but I do NOT want to disobey my parents.
Thank you in advance!
(Smith & Wesson Sigma .40 cal. (SW40VE) is my carry handgun for those wondering)