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Your arguments fail on several levels. First I have no problem with business owners, such as myself being armed, the point is PATRONS being armed!. It's the reason most gun shops and pawn brokers in these parts have big signs in their windows saying "NO LOADED WEAPONS ALLOWED". Believe me I have thought it through, if you think I'm so wrong about the liability issue, just give your insurance company a call and ask them how they feel about their customers allowing people, other than the police on the premises, they insure, being openly armed, see how they respond. As far as the LA riots are concerned, again the insurance industry would prefer business owners to NOT defend their business with firearms, due to the possibility of innocent patrons getting shot by poorly trained business owners. If you think I'm wrong here just contact any national convenience store chain such as 7-11, and ask them what their policy on their employees being armed. Even though a convenience store clerk is the most likely employee to be shot while on the job {even more so than bank tellers, and police}, the 7-11 chain as well as all other convenience store chains DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES ALLOW THEIR EMPLOYEES TO BE ARMED WHILE ON THE JOB. Why you ask??????? LIABILITY!!!!!!!!.

You also miss the point on the intimidation factor, in a fender bender for instance , it would be Very intimidating if the person who I just rear ended, is not only pissed off but openly carrying a loaded weapon, common sense dictates this, don't believe me?, next time your pulled over by the police get out of your car before the police approach you with your side arm on, and see how the police react {good luck}. Here in Florida the reason you cannot by law open carry is for that reason, you are even dissuaded from taking your concealed weapon out in plain view as not to alarm the public.

Again I must reaffirm the fact that you are having trouble with, which is the police are far better trained than are people with gun permits, this is simple common sense, and is why i don't have a problem with armed police entering my business because I know what I'm dealing with, I cannot say the same for some stranger who enters my business with a loaded open weapon, you see in my business I AM THE ONLY PERSON ALLOWED TO BE ARMED, AND I LIKE IT THAT WAY!