Do you/would you carry a concealed firearm to Mass?

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My state allows it. My church does not prohibit it. So I carry. I don’t carry because I am in fear at church, but because I carry everywhere I legally can as a matter of safety and principle. I have more training than most cops and I am a better shot than most cops. I can prove that anytime. I am also very clear headed in emergencies having had a lot of military training that promotes that.

As an instrumentalist in the choir next to the altar, I have already blocked out where my safe, clear fields of fire would be if someone approached the altar with a weapon and yelled “Ali Akbar!” or if someone just started shooting. I have mentally rehearsed my reactions. I would either be decisively effective or I would not take the shots.
 
Sorry I don’t know much about guns as here it is “foreign”.
I just made a suggestion regarding around 4 bullets because that would prevent mass shootings because there would be a limit to the number of bullets/people shot before the person had to reload and in that time period the police could de escalate the situation.
 
Is it really?
In our media they make it seem like it is easy to get guns in US and we hear of stories of children in America shooting themselves because they played with mums gun in her handbag etc.

To us,America sounds very dangerous to live in,although I’m aware there are some very lovely Americans who live there just fine so it’s probably a case of some areas worse than others.

To be honest though,some of the stories of violent crimes we hear from US have a “viciousness” that we (thank God) arn’t too familiar with in Australia and don’t happen too often here.
Granted,to us in Australia,the thought of living in some parts of Melbourne may seem scary,but to many Americans if they came from living somewhere like Chicago to live in Melbourne I assume it would feel like “child’s play” to them?
 
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Rozellelily said:
In our media they make it seem like it is easy to get guns in US and we hear of stories of children in America shooting themselves because they played with mums gun in her handbag etc.
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Propaganda. Taking an unusual, but tragic situation and making it seem like a common experience “over there” with “them,” is propaganda. Can you think why they would focus on this while trying to get the populace to be glad they can’t have guns?

If it is accurate, that is one thing.

But if it were, do you not think everyone here in America would be more terrified of guns than you are? It would be happening to our children, after all.
Rozellelily said:
To be honest though,some of the stories of violent crimes we hear from US have a “viciousness” that we (thank God) arn’t too familiar with in Australia and don’t happen too often here.

Granted,to us in Australia,the thought of living in some parts of Melbourne may seem scary,but to many Americans if they came from living somewhere like Chicago to live in Melbourne I assume it would feel like “child’s play” to them?
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No. Danger feels like danger anywhere.

The propaganda is achieving its goal very effectively. I’d challenge that, if I were you. Truth sets you free.
 
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Yes,it’s terrible isn’t it.
Would you believe I wrote my post about 2 hours before that happened yesterday and then found out that happened?
 
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By propaganda I assume you’re meaning political motivations?

If so,then I’m sure there’s an element of that too but I don’t think it’s solely that as I have seen some of the “vicious” types of crime stories or mugshots from the US with my own eyes.
That’s not an attack on the US,I’m just saying that Australia hasn’t yet reached this level thank God.
I don’t mean that as a US vs Australia competition,I mean just objectively speaking.

I have read of crimes in US such as a women literally ripping another woman’s baby out of her stomach with a knife.
Some of these people just seem like you really wouldnt want to cross them.
There definitely are a few horrible and heartbreaking things that have happened here too.
Particularly one “case” where a woman who referred to herself as a “serial killer in the making” targeted and killed a trusting young man with Autism.

In my view,most of the serious crime that happens here is from 3 sources-either organised crime,mental illness,or terrorism.
Ice use has lately become more prevalent which is a concern and contributes to crime -usually on the “lesser violent” scale though.

I don’t think Australia would ever have guns like US regardless of what happens here though as all main political parties are in agreement about no guns.
They are perceived as so “foreign” here,that anyone (except farmer) who carried one “down the street” would be immediately arrested,even if they were the most lovely person in the world.
 
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Propaganda. Taking an unusual, but tragic situation and making it seem like a common experience “over there” with “them,” is propaganda.
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Is it still propaganda if it occurs roughly every week? That is about how often a child in the US kills someone with a gun found in the house or car, and often the victim is himself or herself.
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The propaganda is achieving its goal very effectively. I’d challenge that, if I were you. Truth sets you free.
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Back at you!
 
No. I am in a Holy place at a Holy time. I would not bring a weapon to the House of God. But thank you for the thought provoking question.
Peace be with you.
 
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Is it still propaganda if it occurs roughly every week? That is about how often a child in the US kills someone with a gun found in the house or car, and often the victim is himself or herself.
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If your concern is dead kids, take a look at Brazil which has some of the strictest gun control.
 
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