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You carrying is good for you, but it doesn’t provide the deterrent for when two groups start shooting at each other and by the time it’s been stopped or over, some others around the situation “get it” in the meantime.

There was an unfortunate incident in a Best Buy (or some similar store, can’t remember exactly now) where someone not even in the immediate vicinity (inside the store) was shot and killed, by a bullet meant for someone else (it was a guy going after someone else to kill him).

Then there was the Sonic where a guy shot out the locked door (where the employees are) in order to rob them. In that case, no employee was shot, but bullets went flying nonetheless. I go to that Sonic all the time, but wasn’t there at that time. And the same guy went over to Braums and robbed them, but at that time, he didn’t fire the weapon. That’s only two blocks from me ... and we’re talking about the Brookside neighborhood in Tulsa, which is a hotspot for people coming here and shopping and eating and is a good neighborhood.

Then right across the street from that Braums, the Autozone was the scene of an attempted robbery (with a gun) but no one was shot, at that time, fortunately.

Then you can add to that, a shooting by an off-duty police officer, shooting the boyfriend of his adopted daughter (killing him) ... and this was in the area of Guthrie Green, an open-air concert area where people gather for these concerts. I go there, too, for those concerts, but wasn’t there at the time of that shooting by the off-duty police officer. (and this was a well-respected police officer, on the job for a long time, have a good record and no problems at all with his job, well-liked by the community).

Just a few days ago there was some guy who saw his girlfriend talking to another guy (which apparently he didn’t like) so he returns very suddenly and just starts shooting immediately. He was easy to catch, but the other guy is still just as dead.

These are the things going on, and they don’t get stopped by a whole lot of people here in the area who are carrying concealed. A lot of this stuff happens quick and is over in literally seconds, and while it is very well known that there are a whole lot of concealed carry people around ... it doesn’t stop the Wild Wild West mentality from happening, from these other people who seem to be “up” for a western-style” shoot ‘em up altercation.

It’s getting real crazy around here.