Ahem. Babe, you're living in Virginia. Concealed carry is possible -- okay, there's a lot of paperwork and they even ask if you've ever, in your entire life, smoked dope, along with any medical history of certain categories, blah blah blah -- but it's still possible.
I think you just might be amazed how many people around you are carrying concealed, when you're out at the mall or stopping at the gas station or running out to the grocery store. The entire point of concealed, after all, is that it's concealed. (Open carry is supposedly legit everything, but each district/county restricts it severely, to prevent causing panicmongering by pinheads who go into hysterics at the sight of one man carrying a shotgun-duffel to his car when heading for the range.)
Anyway. Point is, you may assume they're not armed, and you could be right. You could be wrong. Someone calmly carrying concealed, going about their business, is -- in my opinion -- someone operating under the same civil responsibilities as I outlined in my post above.
But the bottom line is: I don't think people should be defenseless, especially women. Be it tazer, or cattle prod, or a lot of hand-to-hand combat classes, or a gun -- each of these are ways of 'arming' yourself, preparing yourself.
I used to be married to a hippie. I get the "why can't everyone get along" attitude. I guess my take on it is thanks to a few years in the worse parts of town -- so I prefer to say, "we're all going to get along, or I'm going to kick your ass, and don't think I can't."
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Date: 23 Apr 2007 06:21 am (UTC)Ahem. Babe, you're living in Virginia. Concealed carry is possible -- okay, there's a lot of paperwork and they even ask if you've ever, in your entire life, smoked dope, along with any medical history of certain categories, blah blah blah -- but it's still possible.
I think you just might be amazed how many people around you are carrying concealed, when you're out at the mall or stopping at the gas station or running out to the grocery store. The entire point of concealed, after all, is that it's concealed. (Open carry is supposedly legit everything, but each district/county restricts it severely, to prevent causing panicmongering by pinheads who go into hysterics at the sight of one man carrying a shotgun-duffel to his car when heading for the range.)
Anyway. Point is, you may assume they're not armed, and you could be right. You could be wrong. Someone calmly carrying concealed, going about their business, is -- in my opinion -- someone operating under the same civil responsibilities as I outlined in my post above.
But the bottom line is: I don't think people should be defenseless, especially women. Be it tazer, or cattle prod, or a lot of hand-to-hand combat classes, or a gun -- each of these are ways of 'arming' yourself, preparing yourself.
I used to be married to a hippie. I get the "why can't everyone get along" attitude. I guess my take on it is thanks to a few years in the worse parts of town -- so I prefer to say, "we're all going to get along, or I'm going to kick your ass, and don't think I can't."
;)