OK With Open Carry? Or Would You Run?

[screen glare]

Be honest in your answer, please.

[jry]

I conceal carry. If i see someone open carrying, i would just have a hand on my weapon. It'd be like a shootout at the O K Corral.

[screen glare]

Of yeah. I'm sure all you modern day gun slingers fancy yourselves heroes. Never a gun owner who accidently shoots and kills a friend, family member, or yourselves. Perish the thought! Not you puffed up, crack shot, crackpots.

[bmw]

Of yeah. I'm sure all you modern day gun slingers fancy yourselves heroes. Never a gun owner who accidently shoots and kills a friend, family member, or yourselves. Perish the thought! Not you puffed up, crack shot, crackpots.

Of the 31,513 gun deaths in 2010, only 600, or just under 2 percent, were accidental

Some more fun stats:

130,557 accidental deaths in 2010,
33,804 caused by car accident
1 in 217 accidental deaths was caused by a gun
1 in 4 was caused by a vehicle.

Sources:

http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUT ... NSTAT.html

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/accidental-injury.htm

Conclusion:
You are 57x more likely to die in a car accident than by a gun accident.

Yet, what are we doing as a nation? Increasing speed limits and selling cell phones to teenagers like there's no tomorrow. And you're worried about accidental gun deaths.

[Bryce]

Of yeah. I'm sure all you modern day gun slingers fancy yourselves heroes. Never a gun owner who accidently shoots and kills a friend, family member, or yourselves. Perish the thought! Not you puffed up, crack shot, crackpots.

Of the 31,513 gun deaths in 2010, only 600, or just under 2 percent, were accidental

Here is another interesting fact that doesn't get talked about.

Gun deaths also vary dramatically by type. The vast majority (77 percent) of white gun deaths are suicides; less than one in five (19 percent) is a homicide. These figures are nearly opposite in the black population, where only 14 percent of gun deaths are suicides but 82 percent are homicides

Here, I'll save screen glare the time....

Only a racist or bigot would have the temerity to bring that up.

[jry]

It's okay to say it, Screen. You'd run. It's good to avoid any dangerous situation, BUT if lives are in danger, it's good to be carrying.