There is a long, winding forested area in Dallas called the “Katy Trail”, popular with hikers and joggers.\u00a0 Recently, there have been several armed robberies of joggers there, so a number of people (with the appropriate licenses) have started carrying handguns on the trail.\u00a0 Since open carry will be legal in Texas in about 6 weeks, some guns rights activists have started walking the trail with rifles (which is legal now), to promote to people that having a visible handgun will make it very unlikely that a robber will even approach you.<\/p>\n
In relation to this story, a TV news crew interviewed a woman on the trail.\u00a0 Her reaction was,<\/p>\n
“Why would you carry a gun? What are you so afraid of, that you have to carry a gun with you?”<\/i><\/p>\n
She was both perplexed, and clueless.\u00a0 People don’t carry a gun because they are afraid, but because they are responsible<\/u>.\u00a0 Times have changed; it is not 1950 anymore, when this proposal would have been absurdly paranoid.\u00a0 In these times, everyone who is legally allowed, physically capable, and psychologically prepared, should carry a gun everywhere it is allowed.\u00a0 Both government and the private sector should get rid of “gun free zones”, as there is no substantive evidence that trained and licensed carriers are a danger to the public.<\/p>\n
Consider it as insurance.\u00a0 I have had fire insurance for over 30 years, but have never had a fire.\u00a0 Most people will never have a house fire, but they have insurance (even when not required), because, if the unthinkable happens, the personal cost is unimaginable and catastrophic.\u00a0 I have also never been a victim of a violent crime, but I owe it to myself and to my family to have a “Plan B” in that event. I am not going to be herded into a back room and shot like a dog.<\/p>\n
Recent events in Paris should put a fine point on this issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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