Open Carry Of Firearms: Yea Or Nay?

This has to be the most ridiculous thread I've read since Exceliors fat tax. I don't see how in the blue hell anyone can justify making the open carrying of firearms legal. Can you not imagine the carnage, pub fights would end in mass shootings, security would be rendered useless and their lives put at risk whenever they intervened with any arguments, innocent bystanders caught in crossfire between arguing parties, police forces would have to be equipped with full riot gear and bulletproof equipment to deal with even the slightest threat because everyone and anyone can shoot at them!? Seriously. I think many of you are forgetting just how serious a firearm is, they are not toys and in the hands of an inexperienced user can have horrific consequences. Would it have prevented or lessened the tragic events mentioned by the OP, maybe, but alot of those incidents were the result of gross negligence and could have been prevented if certain people had done there jobs properly. People can become very unreasonable when they see red, can you imagine the number of murders that would take place just through drunk rage over little things like ex gf's, looking at someone the wrong way, things that would usually go no further than a bust up ending in murder. Yeh no thanks.

It's already legal. Very legal to open carry...

It's already legal. Very legal to open carry..I don't know why seeing an average person walking around the street with a pistol on his hip would "scare" anyone. Guns are dangerous..but not more dangerous than Bees, bears, Old people behind the wheel of a car, tired people or overly medicated ppl using any time of machinery. I am way more scared of the ppl that drive on the roads then when I see someone openly carring a gun. Open carry has always been around and will hopefully always be around(for us in the US that is.)..get use to it..guns aren't bad and never have been.

It's already legal. Very legal to open carry...

It's difficult for me to take a neutral stance on the issue, as I've only ever been in countries with strict firearm laws and regulations. I guess I'd see it differently if I was used to seeing people with guns. I just find it hard to imagine walking into a newsagents and seeing a que of customers weilding sharpshooters >_>;

I don't think they can necessarily tote around rifles :/ handguns maybe

I think if everyone had a gun it would make the world safer in theory. However, it would require a lot of education and very very strict laws surrounding the use. Most experts think that the next wave of terrorism will come in the form of public shootings. If everyone in the public has a gun the terrorist is going to die very quickly. However, the public needs to be sure of when it is acceptable to use a gun and when it is not. Police have different tiers of force they need to use, and it is not acceptable to bring a gun to a fist fight. I believe that the average American would be capable of these resonsibilities but I also acknowledge there will be many who are not. Sadly, we see retards killing people with inproper use of their vehicle every day. These would probably be the smartest rules of usage:
1. Guns must be carried in plain sight.
2. Guns must be surrendered at the request of an officer or they will have the authority to shoot you.
3. You may not draw your gun without justification and testimony to support that justification. If you violate this then it's life in prison.
4. If you have a record of violence you may not own a gun.
5. If you have a criminal record at all you may not own a gun.
6. Keep the 21 for hand gun permits law. Anyone else have thoughts?

Truth of it is that if the government wants to crush an uprising (this means some of you tea-party nuts), they are going to do so with superior firepower, training, and tactics.

Marine, you forget that many of your fellow military members are quite conservative folks, like this retired MSgt. If the government wants to crush an uprising there are good odds that many vets and retirees are going to be on the other side. Might also mutiny. All depends on the reason for the uprising, of course. And I think your statement about superior firepower argues for the populace to be able to own automatic weapons. Remember the quote, "When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."
Thomas Jefferson

I'll agree entirely with this statement, there's no reason I shouldn't be allowed to purchase a rocket launcher or a tank.