TXPeaceOfficerDave wrote:Okay, in relation to the Open Carrying of Arms.
First let's start off with a little science. Each and every one of us are killers/predators in the animal kingdom. We have pinpointed movable pupils, bifurcated nostrils, ears on the sides of our heads, canine incisors with additional bicuspids, and extendable arms with opposable thumbs. In the animal kingdom this makes us killers at our most basic level. This means ALL OF US WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT are killers and murderers if given the select set of situations. I have thankfully never had to kill anyone. Would I kill someone without hesitation for violence upon my wife or daughter? Yes. So would you. Sympathetic versus parasympathetic kicks in and as predators we will fight and kill if necessary. Same thing with your average house cat. Docile and lovable until a mouse runs by. Then their DNA kicks in and they become killers to. Why? Cause they're predators just like us. The Bible supports this fact en mass.
Why does this matter for OC? Because as a predator if given the correct set of circumstances and the need to kill arises, then if I am standing in Wally World and you are in front of me at the check out line and I NEED A GUN to kill the person that just raked my daughter and by happenstance he is also at Wally World, then I am going to use whatever force is necessary to beat you into submission when you turn around away from me to get your bags into your cart because you are facing away from me. One swing from the small child's aluminum bat I found in the sporting goods department of that Wally World and then you're done for. After I take your gun and kill the rapist I'll gladly then either use it on you or myself. But either way you're done for. And you're the one that let me know you had the exact item I needed when Mr Rapist licked the wrong place to shop that day. And so did you.
You raise some interesting points, but I think that with the scenario you paint, given the odds of anything like that happening, I still don't believe that if am OC, I am in any more danger of being targeted, for attack than someone CC. If this were a common occurrence, then LEOs would be constantly in the news for having been attacked, and having their guns taken away.
My experience as a LEO, and since have shown, that there are very few incidences of spontaneous or even pre-planned disarming of someone who is OC.
Has it happened? yes, there was an incident in a courthouse recently where a bailiff was disarmed and the BG shot him with his own gun. Again, a very rare occurrence.
If you choose to carry concealed, that's your prerogative, but, I don't think the odds are significantly slanted against those who choose to OC. JMHO
