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So many San Diegans carry guns
The question remains: why carry a gun if the intention is simply to demonstrate that one can? Why should the rest of us become de-sensitized to the carrying of guns by people who may or may not know how to safely handle them, who may or may not be observing the finely parsed word of law that permits such a thing (as long as it's not loaded but wedged next to ammo. The fact is that guns are lethal weapons. In the hands of a responsible hunter in the woods, a gun is tool used for a specific purpose. Hopefully, the meat obtained is put to good use without waste. Glorifying guns, playing with them in public, adds nothing to the national debate on gun law or to society or to our neighborhoods. In fact, I would not feel safe in a restaurant with a group of men (or women) "open carrying" -- I would think that this restaurant is no longer a safe place for me, my friends or my family.— July 15, 2009 5:09 p.m.