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RebelWithanAK · Oct 17, 2003, 01:13 am

</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (Evios,)
As for you heading to the subway w/o it looking like a bad day in Beirut, if they are caring legally, then this shouldn't be a problem. Most states don't allow open carry, and I doubt many will, but concealed you wouldn't even know who had a gun and who didn't.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
Carrying a gun usually makes procuring one and firing it a lot easier. I don't want to ride the subway with the knowledge that any one of my fellow commuters is packing heat. That'll probably make me more likely to fire mine. It's like that Republican plea following Columbine to arm teachers against students. That won't stop school shootings, it'll compound it. Hence, "bad day in Beirut." Thankfully, this ain't Beirut nor Bosnia so I guess I don't need my AK today.

That said, there is only one circumstance I can see for anybody in this country to be carrying any form of weaponry (and the heavy stuff does apply in this case): ". . . whenever any government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such forms as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness."

Oct 17, 2003, 01:13 am	#6 (permalink) (top)
RebelWithanAK Igneous Magma Location: New York City Posts: 739	</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (Evios,) As for you heading to the subway w/o it looking like a bad day in Beirut, if they are caring legally, then this shouldn't be a problem. Most states don't allow open carry, and I doubt many will, but concealed you wouldn't even know who had a gun and who didn't.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'> Carrying a gun usually makes procuring one and firing it a lot easier. I don't want to ride the subway with the knowledge that any one of my fellow commuters is packing heat. That'll probably make me more likely to fire mine. It's like that Republican plea following Columbine to arm teachers against students. That won't stop school shootings, it'll compound it. Hence, "bad day in Beirut." Thankfully, this ain't Beirut nor Bosnia so I guess I don't need my AK today. That said, there is only one circumstance I can see for anybody in this country to be carrying any form of weaponry (and the heavy stuff does apply in this case): ". . . whenever any government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such forms as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness." . . . whenever any government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such forms as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.