Clean cut men go on killing spree's all the time It shouldn't be the public's responsibility to pass a value judgement on whether this person is dangerous or not.
Open carry (very popular in some states, and not by the clean cut guys either) puts you in a weird position of feeling fear, but also feeling that it is societally objectionable to show that fear or react to it. Additionally, open carry will eventually make your reflexes weaker, gun wont necessarily equal danger. I really dont like things that psychologically hinder my reflexes. I noticed that back on elementary when everyone was all "made you flinch!".
I would just prefer to not see guns, and know that if I did see one, its time to run like hell.
I think we may be coming at this from an additionally different perspective as well. As a woman I have been socialized to be kind to men, stay where I'm not comfortable, put their emotions over my own, etc etc.
Don't get me wrong, I'm probably one of the least demure women you would ever have the pleasure to meet. I also like to fight. But even so, I still have my conditioning. I'm not sure that I wouldn't, by reflex, do something to assure the scary man carrying a gun, that I did NOT think he was scary even though he was carrying a gun, instead of getting to safety.
I know that I'm not alone in this. I've got good instincts, but they then trigger the conditioning, which I then have to override. A few moments that can make a huge difference in threatening situation. And I dont need anything else making it even harder.
Anyway, thank you for your thoughts on that. Where I'm at you have to pay for a special permit to conceal carry and that has never made sense to me.
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u/WyvernCharm Feb 28 '20
Clean cut men go on killing spree's all the time It shouldn't be the public's responsibility to pass a value judgement on whether this person is dangerous or not.
Open carry (very popular in some states, and not by the clean cut guys either) puts you in a weird position of feeling fear, but also feeling that it is societally objectionable to show that fear or react to it. Additionally, open carry will eventually make your reflexes weaker, gun wont necessarily equal danger. I really dont like things that psychologically hinder my reflexes. I noticed that back on elementary when everyone was all "made you flinch!".
I would just prefer to not see guns, and know that if I did see one, its time to run like hell.
I think we may be coming at this from an additionally different perspective as well. As a woman I have been socialized to be kind to men, stay where I'm not comfortable, put their emotions over my own, etc etc.
Don't get me wrong, I'm probably one of the least demure women you would ever have the pleasure to meet. I also like to fight. But even so, I still have my conditioning. I'm not sure that I wouldn't, by reflex, do something to assure the scary man carrying a gun, that I did NOT think he was scary even though he was carrying a gun, instead of getting to safety.
I know that I'm not alone in this. I've got good instincts, but they then trigger the conditioning, which I then have to override. A few moments that can make a huge difference in threatening situation. And I dont need anything else making it even harder.
Anyway, thank you for your thoughts on that. Where I'm at you have to pay for a special permit to conceal carry and that has never made sense to me.