Defeats the element of surprise.
Well who wants to wear one of those fanny pack holsters or a shoulder one on a hot day? Right to bear is an open right.
Agreed... Plus, it makes the one carrying openly a potential target.
Think about it... There are a limited number of Air Marshals available for airline flights. If they carried openly, it would reduce the effectiveness of the program.
Mark
True maybe. But it definitely defeats the element of having to pay a fee in order to exercise a right.
I don't want it to be a matter of surprise. To be a matter of surprise, the perp must have already initiated his attack, which now places lives in danger and which I must act dangerously in turn to stop.
Much better that the perp know before he chooses a would-be victim, deterred because he KNOWS, and knows early, that the odds are NOT in his favor. Sure, he may know who to target first - but if his targeted attack is not completely & immediately successful, his estimated lifespan becomes very short for obvious reasons.
Rarely is the expected loot/payoff great enough for a criminal to take non-trivial terminal risk. In mundane activity, better to advertise goblin repellent - it works much better than actually having to use it.