Why People Wearing Guns In Public Does Not Make Me Feel Safe (Part 1)

So, in a world where mass shootings in public places happens routinely, why don’t I feel safer seeing people carrying weapons around in public?

Sure, sure, I’ve heard the argument that if more people were armed, these public mass shootings wouldn’t happen. But is that true? While I understand the theory that if more responsible people were armed they might be in a position to “put down” a nut who blasts rounds into a public place, I do not understand how having THESE people carrying loaded guns around is better.

The (mostly) men who keep appearing in photos at Chipotle’s, or Sonic, or Jack in the Box, do not make me feel safe, particularly when they seem to be engaged in a war against people like me - moms who are scared at seeing all those big-ass assault weapons carried by zit-faced boys and socially inept men.
I do NOT believe this is what the founders intended when they penned the Second Amendment, which reads as follows:

“A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

As specified in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, the Congress shall have the following powers:

• To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years
• To provide and maintain a Navy
• To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces 
• To provide for the calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions
• To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the states respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress 

The above powers are the definition of what a “well regulated militia” is. The modern day equivalent of the Militia is the National Reserve. These yahoos out carrying their fully or semi-automatic weapons around are NOT militia members, no matter what their tiny, black hearts like to imagine. The men in such photos are bullies, plain and simple. Their mere presence in our restaurants, movie theaters, food courts, etc., is an affront to me.

I guess I have no faith that these simple-minded men would be the least bit effective if some nut decided to spray a hail of bullets into a public place where my family happened to be. In fact, whenever I see these armed men, I feel more scared, because I have no idea if they are the nuts that I need to worry about.

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