It does work fine in Arizona and I completely respect that but not all states are as cowboy as Arizona. I wish they were, but they aren’t. Trying to act all Arizona when you’re living in...Wisconsin (for example) will get you in trouble and cause harm to our movement IMO. BTW. I’m looking at land in Arizona. I love everything about Arizona and especially their firearms policies but I know better than to assume that what works in Arizona will work equally well everywhere else.
But it would. Tthe problem is that over time, states gave up their rights to make liberal feel better about themselves. This country originally was open carry. What changed? People did. They moved away from a foundational liberty and the result was massive crime and a legal system that punishes a man for protecting himself/family. Women too.
The very same truth applies to kids acting like animals, politicians acting like royalty...it all happens because instead of asserting our rights and demanding them, we abandoned them. As people, as citizens and as parents.
There is not one logical argument that explains why people 200ish years ago were capable of self control and we, supposedly so much smarter than those rubes, cannot.
It all comes down to ‘feelings’. Not fact, logic or reason. And when feelings usurp rights, we are no longer America.