>Jake,
>
>>Not a day goes by without one of these stories.
>>http://wtaq.com/news/articles/2012/dec/06/concealed-carry-helps-appleton-man-during-road-rage-incident/
>
>what I don't get is why concealed is emphasized in that article.
>My guess is that open carry would have stopped the situation just as well.
>
>I also realize that a random factor of cconcealed carry might put a damper on situations
>just as much as having less accurate weapons in the west in the heydays of gunslinging.
>
>Asking for personal take:
>a) Do you think the right to carry is more important (perhaps with stipulations of open carry)
>or does it have to be "hands off" for most gov rules, allowing concealed carry ?
>
>b) legal issues aside, what would you personally prefer to see in the states ?
>
>regards
>
>thomas

Frankly, what I think on the specifics is irrelevant. What's important is the right itself. Weakening and watering-down one part of the Constitution weakens the whole of the Constitution. For the same reason that I disagree with "reasonable" restrictions on the 1st amendment, I disagree with them on all amendments. There is a way established to alter the Constitution, it has been done before and can be again.