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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

Interesting thread! Lots of fear expressed that experience has, over and over again, disproved.

A few years back my wife and I, both holders of permits-to-carry, attended a Second Amendment rally on the grounds of the State Capitol in St. Paul, MN. Several hundred of us there and most were carrying, many openly (which is legal in Minnesota). Besides the exhibits, there were some pretty well-known speakers, both state and national.

There were cops there, too. Several uniformed LEOs were ringing the rally--all facing AWAY from the attendees. There was a cop among the attendees too; a St. Paul uniformed officer who was having just as good a time as the rest of us, checking out the exhibits and passing the time of day with attendees and presenters.

It occurred to me (and to probably most of the other attendees) that what we SAW there was diametrically opposite to what we had HEARD so often from various sources about the dangers of people carrying firearms. Several hundred armed citizens--and most of the cops, with the exception of the one enjoying the rally with the rest of us, had their backs turned. THEY knew of the danger--and it wasn't with us attendees.

If you were on a shark sighting I doubt if many people would jump in the water when you yelled "Shark!". Or that you get many gun nuts running into gun shows and emptying their weapons.