Mississippi is an open carry state, and I am not talking about alcohol. Even though you can drink while driving your car here, you can't drink on a patio of a restaurant unless it is full enclosed. Makes total sense, I know. (this will be a future blog post in and of itself)
By open carry, I mean guns. You can legally carry a gun out in the open. Into a store, movie theater, mall, school, restaurant, etc, unless otherwise posted. So, anyone who purchases a gun legally, can flaunt it legally too, making the rest of us feel extremely protected. *eye roll*
Most public places have a no guns sign on the outside of their establishment. But, as I have witnessed, this doesn't mean people obey those rules. And store/restaurant owners don't enforce their own policies either. Again, makes total sense. We might as well, just do away with law enforcement and start policing ourselves. I mean, really, why do we even need laws? And what am I supposed to do? Go tell the store manager, "Hey, that guy has a gun?" and get him get kicked out the store, so that he is waiting for me, with his gun, outside of the store? Yah, I don't think I can do that.
So, this must mean we should all strap on and walk around with guns. I mean, while we are at it, let's bring back the covered wagons. And for shits and giggles, I will braid my hair and an put on my buffalo hide dress and moccasins. Oh, don't be offended, I am part Native American, I can say stuff like that.
I get it, the 2nd Amendment is a touchy subject, but I don't think that this issue is about that at all. Why on Earth do we need "open carry". Do you think people won't mess with you if your gun is out in the open? I mean, we already have people with concealed permits, and that makes it a giant guessing game. I think I like that element of mystery. This reminds me of this crazy lady, I used to know, that always carried a gun in her purse, onto a military post, even, where it clearly says at the gate, No Guns. I stayed away from her.
Just because you can legally purchase a gun, doesn't mean you should actually be allowed to. Most mass shootings in the US are from guns that were purchased legally, but used by a person that was not mentally stable. This gives responsible gun owners a bad rap, I get that.
So, what is a responsible gun owner? What I don't think it is, is the kid who has 46 guns in his house. Yes, a kid that goes to school with my daughter as that many guns. He posed on Instagram with all of them in his bedroom. I have a serious problem with this. He is a child, 14 years old. I don't care if he and his dad are avid hunters. So was my dad and his dad, and in the 50s and 60s, and I know they didn't have the many guns in their house. I am also pretty sure they didn't have automatic assault rifles, they used shot guns to hunt. 46 guns is an arsenal. I may be the first to die, when the zombies come, I will have to take that chance.
I realize that Mississippi is not the only state with this open carry law. I just don't get why it even needs to be a law in the first place. There is a least one deadly shooting here a day. It doesn't reduce gun violence. What does it prove? That you are a cowboy, a gangster, a bad ass? All I know is that it makes me personally uncomfortable and it scares my kids. I don't know you, you don't know me, and if I piss you off, by taking the last bunch of bananas at the grocery store, you could kill me. Or in this case, if I get the last basket of chips and salsa.
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