The "Moron Identification Law"

[kag]

My brother, who lives in Texas, and has always been VERY pro-gun-control, told me that there's one issue on which he agrees with the NRA: open-carry laws. He calls them the "Moron Identification Law". He says, "so if I walk into a restaurant, and I see a moron, I can turn around and leave. It's a hell of a lot better than concealed carry."

[COLGATE4]

1. I think he has a genuine point.

So long as these idiots self-identify it makes it a lot easier for the rest of us to avoid them.

[RKP5637]

2. I would never hang around in an establishment with some fool thinking he needs a gun to

feel safe from others and me. Now guns in bars, what could possibly go wrong.

[Bandit]

3. Right, you have been planning this dinner/outing for weeks and then because

of our sick society you get cheated out of a nice evening because some idiot wants to strut his insecurity. The public just has to bow down to the idiocy..Makes going out in Public something fewer and fewer people are want to do.

[yuiyoshida]

4. I have lived in California nearly all my life...

The only people carrying weapons I have ever seen are Police and Security Guards. I can't ever remember seeing anyone wearing a pistol on their leg or hip who didn't also carry a badge.



well with one exception....

"My name is Friday...I carry a badge..."

[Art_from_Ark]

6. I'm thinking you could see them if you went out to the boonies

I would bet a Beard Papa cream puff that you could probably find some people like that in, say, San Bernardino, Rialto or Colton. Or Big Bear Lake, for that matter. In fact, I had a roommate from Big Bear Lake once who undoubtedly would love to be packing heat out in the open.

[SheilaT]

5. And if he has sat down in the restaurant and already ordered his

meal when the moron walks in, does he quickly change his order to a "to go" one?

Timing, who walks in when, might matter a lot.

[Bigmack]

7. Just saying...

... depending on the situation, I might walk out before the food arrives, telling the management.

If the food had arrived, I could ask for a box.

What could be worse than disrupting a meal?

Dodging bullets.

I've done that, and don't recommend it.

[stone space]

8. I woudn't take the time to change the order. I'd just be out the door in an instant.

Hopefully, I didn't pre-pay.

If I did, I'd call the restaurant later and arrange for a refund in a safer environment.