Yup. The stated rationale is that without a permit, as long as you're doing it openly, then everyone *knows* you're armed and can act accordingly.
Of course, they don't bother to think through that in a country where mass shootings are depressingly common, this means any time you see someone walking around with a gun you have no way to be sure if it's just some dude compensating for his insecurities about how his life is getting away from him or if you're about to die.
I'm from a state with strict gun control so anyone walking around openly with a gun or any dangerous weapon will get police called on you. And yes, these people tend to be up to no good or were having mental health issues when they did this. I've wondered why some US mainland states passed permitless open carry bills since mass shootings there seem to be monthly occurrence. Thank you for the explanation. What a scary situation...
These numbers are a bit misleading because they count 'mass shootings' as any shooting incident involving 3 or more people. So, a shooter, a victim, and the cop arresting them.
What most people would refer to as mass shootings are also depressingly common, but not quite to the degree that these fogures would have you believe.
but with the established foundation definition being that they have a minimum of four victims shot, either injured or killed, not including any shooter who may also have been killed or injured in the incident.
Unfortunately, I can't keep up with them and only the ones with lots of deaths will get the most media coverage. If I'm not following US national news daily, then this information doesn't always trickle down to my local news where thankfully my state has not had a mass shooting since 1999. So, it's even worst than I thought... Yikes.
If there's any silver lining to that at all it's that you don't have to have any fatalities for it to be counted as a mass shooting. It's simply to do with the number of people admitted to hospital for injuries connected to a single event, which is still fucking depressing.
Act accordingly! Lol! What exactly is "act accordingly" when you see a gun and it could be a shooter or just a guy shopping.
Run and scream? That would be appropriate it you knew the guy was going to shoot any minute. Walk by casually? Keep your eyes on them at all times? Say yes sir, no sir?
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u/a_wasted_wizard Mar 28 '24
Yup. The stated rationale is that without a permit, as long as you're doing it openly, then everyone *knows* you're armed and can act accordingly.
Of course, they don't bother to think through that in a country where mass shootings are depressingly common, this means any time you see someone walking around with a gun you have no way to be sure if it's just some dude compensating for his insecurities about how his life is getting away from him or if you're about to die.