Ok..maybe Fudd isn't the exact best way to describe these 2 but was at a freinds house and a few beers were opened and a roundtable discussion came up about open carry and now Constitutional Carry on Texas
One guy said that "Open carrying a gun in a certain situation just makes you a target for the bad guys"
And of course..I did not let that go unchecked...and told him that was just not the case in documented situations with years of data to go on...and even though the theory sounds plausible..there just isn't enough evidence to give it any weight of being correct.
He conceded and actually took in the new information without rebuttal.
Then...the whole Constitutional Carry thing came up.
"I just hate that anyone in Texas without a felony can carry a gun now with no training
There is going to all sorts of people shooting without training and innocent people are going to get killed"
That one got me hot under the collar and I had to cool off before jumping in.
So many layers in had to unpack.
First off..is the 2nd Amendment a right or a privilege ?
What about the 1st?
Do you have to training to speak at a public event? To write an article and publish it?
And again...about 15 states have had CC for years before Texas and there isn't FBI data to back up that bad theory either. Otherwise the gun haters would be using it against us.
These guys listened and points were made and more beers drank and I think maybe I got thru a little.
One guy said that "Open carrying a gun in a certain situation just makes you a target for the bad guys"
And of course..I did not let that go unchecked...and told him that was just not the case in documented situations with years of data to go on...and even though the theory sounds plausible..there just isn't enough evidence to give it any weight of being correct.
He conceded and actually took in the new information without rebuttal.
Then...the whole Constitutional Carry thing came up.
"I just hate that anyone in Texas without a felony can carry a gun now with no training
There is going to all sorts of people shooting without training and innocent people are going to get killed"
That one got me hot under the collar and I had to cool off before jumping in.
So many layers in had to unpack.
First off..is the 2nd Amendment a right or a privilege ?
What about the 1st?
Do you have to training to speak at a public event? To write an article and publish it?
And again...about 15 states have had CC for years before Texas and there isn't FBI data to back up that bad theory either. Otherwise the gun haters would be using it against us.
These guys listened and points were made and more beers drank and I think maybe I got thru a little.