Concealed carry predictions way off target (No blood in the streets)

[jeepnstein]

19. A few observations...

based on a fairly long life dealing with people in all sorts of nasty social situations.

Most people will behave in an orderly and safe manner if left to their own devices. Whether it's how they drive, how they behave in an emergency, or even how they carry a gun; doesn't matter. The vast majority of people are sane and responsible. That's the backbone of our society.

There will always be people who buck that system. They don't just happen over night. And they'll wind up hurting or killing someone somehow. Whether they get drunk and drive, beat their spouse to death with a leg of lamb, shoot the neighbor kid over a bad drug deal, or whatever scenario you envision there will be people who are a danger to themselves and everyone around them. You can't legislate the crazy out of them no matter how hard you try. All you can do is try to create an environment where their damage is minimized.

Concealed carry doesn't make a bit of difference in the overall scheme of things. Safe people will continue to be safe even while armed. And the monsters that live among us will continue to be monsters. So I see no reason to limit the liberty of the majority to try to control an uncontrollable minority.