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(asking about the world as it is, not looking for polemics about "all gun laws are unconstitutional," which they are)

(asking about the world as it *is*, not looking for polemics about "all gun laws are unconstitutional," which they are)

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Regulations?

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Why are different laws applied to the method of conveyance?

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Guns scare people in power that don't want to lose it. So if you have to hide it and they can't see it, it makes them feel better.

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Damn is that really all it is?

All the rules about concealment, so silly - you accidentally reveal the firearm, everyone gasps, now it's open carry?

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Because

SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED!

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I tried searching for why the distinction exists. It's tough to find an actual answer that isn't, "It makes police feel better". If we were to take the time to trace the legal history of this, my guess is we would end up finding reasoning that is just as retarded. We know there's an agenda to disarm the general public so I would chalk it up to a tactic with that end as the goal. The general strategy seems to be something like this:

  1. Take a right you don't want people to have (owning guns)

  2. Find an instance of that right being exercised that is morally gray (concealed carry)

  3. Make a license for that gray area.

  4. Eventually make the argument that the license should apply to the right in general (license to own guns)

  5. Once you need a license for something, it's all over. The government now controls that right (or privilege)

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Nicely done.
One thing, though. The five of us each have our own trench coats.

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For when it gets cold inside the mother trenchcoat?

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Yes, and for the times we need to be in different locations.

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Thanks for the comment. Logical and matches the templates we see in other rights.

PI5DIAT

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I asked the Police Chief in my town. His understanding is that CCW makes it harder for the police to determine who is carrying. He thinks it's a worthwhile tradeoff because it also makes it harder for criminals to do the same.

He also told me that most people would prefer that others carry concealed because the country would look less like an armed camp.

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Thanks for the investigation. Still sort of nebulous, but it's something.

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I doubt we'd ever get an official reason as it probably depends on the locale.