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[Ziggy and Angelbaby]

it is easier than having to shoot in self defense because of blood relatives making a home invasion, coupled with the fact that i know anyone crazy enough to walk up and rob me while im home, is probably stupid, mentally damaged and insane enough to possible hurt me, or even try to kill me.

I'm just being honest with you, but the above paragraph does not make you sound like a responsible gun owner. If someone forces their way into your home and your life is genuinely at risk, that's one thing, but talking like you're going to shoot a member of your family for trying to get their hands on your property doesn't sound like self defense. It sounds like premeditation.

There's the law - and you could know it to the letter - and there's showing good sense and practicing a little empathy. If you walk into a grocery store with a deadly weapon in plain sight, someone is going to feel threatened. They don't know your intentions, and getting mouthy isn't going to put anyone at ease. You said you can legally carry a concealed weapon? Why didn't you keep it concealed? What did you accomplish by carrying it openly?

I assume you own and carry for self-and-home defense purposes, and, if so, I imagine you feel safer with a firearm in your possession. BUT, it's kind of a shitty thing to make other people feel UNSAFE when you could have done one teeny little thing to avoid it altogether. Brandishing a firearm simply because you can gives some people a totally different impression than maybe you think it does.