OldSolduer
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Its also a cultural thing. Its something that is there since before we were born and will remain long after we are gone. We were in Minnesota last year and I guess its Open Carry. I was not fussed about it at all. People carrying weapons are part of me. My wife however was very concerned that someone might try to take his gun.Guns are simply a fact of life here. The key to being either LEO or a CWP Holder in any sort of situation is to think (too many don’t on either side of that - but that’s an education and training issue). I’m very careful about when and where I show a weapon - as when I was a LEO, I encountered too many people who don’t think before they pull or use their weapon.
I’ve been shot at 9-10 times down here, 7 of those were in a 36hr stretch with LAPD (couldn’t pay me enough to work there, as I didn’t include the time a guy tried to shoot me but had .40S&W in the mag of his 9mm, or the guy with the Hi Point .45 that didn’t fire) . I’ve been shot at more from native reserves in Canada…
I despise open carry, unless it’s uniform duty carry. Mainly as it just says I have a gun and probably don’t know anything about it or the law.
Firearms are inanimate objects, so it’s not a gun problem it’s a human problem.
I have a few contacts who cannot fathom how we live in Winnipeg and its low temps and snow. But we grew up with it and live through it.
It is who we are.