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When I see people carrying guns, and I recently saw someone in Starbucks in San Francisco, immediately, I had a reaction that this person has an internal need show that they have power.  And the only way to gain this respect is by carrying a gun.  

It makes me wonder immediately about their past, and really how much this person is really the type who should have that gun.  If they will go as far as purchasing this gun and wearing it in public, I do believe that we should fear this person in the first place.   In other words, how far they choose to go to show off the gun may signify how far they will go in a "situation".   They are not heros in my eyes. 

Signed AK

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