Badger Johnson
Regular Member
On another thread I gave my first experience with seeing an OC back in the 80s, and it lead me to a thought that was like a lightbulb going off in my head.
As males, we instinctively size up the competition, and most of those objecting to OC are (if I'm not mistaken) male. As an unarmed person they see a disparity of force and their reptile brain may be saying "hey, if it came down to the two of us, who would 'get the girl'"
It's probably totally subconscious, and manifests as a 'hey, you can't do that'. In fact this desire is so strong that it overcomes the rational mind, which may realize we do have a second amendment. Normally docile males who might otherwise mind their own business are spurred to action by this reptile brain.
LEOs who carry are used to being 'on top of the pecking order' even if they are normally a beta-male - so they see someone OC and it tweaks their sense of being 'elite' and also triggers a reptile brain response, so they just HAVE to confront someone whom they KNOW is not a danger to anyone. I think they actually see a MWAG and think 'I'm gonna go harass this guy and see what happens', when ordinarily they might be more docile. It's a conditioned response from thousands of years of dominance struggles, playing out on the street, and they know enough of what's happening that they don't want anyone to see them trotting out their baser instincts.
Ironically, as OC advocates, we have to be more docile and more calm and give up the right to be abrasive and confrontational if we want to continue with this practice.
As males, we instinctively size up the competition, and most of those objecting to OC are (if I'm not mistaken) male. As an unarmed person they see a disparity of force and their reptile brain may be saying "hey, if it came down to the two of us, who would 'get the girl'"
It's probably totally subconscious, and manifests as a 'hey, you can't do that'. In fact this desire is so strong that it overcomes the rational mind, which may realize we do have a second amendment. Normally docile males who might otherwise mind their own business are spurred to action by this reptile brain.
LEOs who carry are used to being 'on top of the pecking order' even if they are normally a beta-male - so they see someone OC and it tweaks their sense of being 'elite' and also triggers a reptile brain response, so they just HAVE to confront someone whom they KNOW is not a danger to anyone. I think they actually see a MWAG and think 'I'm gonna go harass this guy and see what happens', when ordinarily they might be more docile. It's a conditioned response from thousands of years of dominance struggles, playing out on the street, and they know enough of what's happening that they don't want anyone to see them trotting out their baser instincts.
Ironically, as OC advocates, we have to be more docile and more calm and give up the right to be abrasive and confrontational if we want to continue with this practice.