• ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    Our cops carry guns on their waist and sometimes pull them for traffic stops so no, you don’t go through your life without seeing a gun. As far as carrying goes, many places outlaw open carry and require concealed.

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      22 days ago

      That’s wild. I’d rather have concealed carry made outlawed. At least I would know which dangerous whackjob I should steer clear of.

      • MrShankles@reddthat.com
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        22 days ago

        It can get wilder. The state where I live (in the deep south), recently amended the law so that you no longer require a permit to carry a concealed handgun. And they reduced the age for concealed carry from 21+ to 18+, as well as including non-residents visiting from other states. And I don’t live in Texas btw

        It definitely made me more nervous after it passed. I mean, almost anyone can carry a concealed handgun now‽ Not even have to take a few-hour class, even simply to know the laws around concealed carrying? Not a fan knowing damn near anyone could be holding and I can’t tell who. It doesn’t help that I live in a high-crime city

        Open-carry is one thing, I can see the damn thing. Now it really does feel like wild-west shit. Granted, I haven’t noticed an uptick in craziness, anymore than usual… but fuck, I don’t need Jim Bob feeling anymore emboldened to be a “hero”, while knowing jack shit about the actual law

      • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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        22 days ago

        It’s America. You should be steering clear of ALL the wackjobs! You know how you know which ones are wackjobs? They’re the ones breathing oxygen!

        …we don’t have great mental health care over here.

      • Blackrook7@lemmy.world
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        22 days ago

        Most places require a permit to carry concealed, and criminals don’t follow the laws anyways, so this is the best we have come up with apparently.