So today I went to get groceries. While out, it dawned on me that I hadn’t eaten since yesterday, so I decided to stop in a restaurant I’ve not eaten in before and have a burger. While eating my burger (surprisingly good, by the way), three fellers came in for lunch. Looked like a farmer and his two ~20 year-old sons. Not newsworthy. All three, however, were wearing semiautomatic pistols on their hips.
So: three guys walk into a restaurant, openly armed. Who freaked out? Nobody, that’s who. Who was bothered by it? Nobody, that’s who. Who even paid attention? Best as I could tell… me, and not much of anybody else. The waitress seemed unthreatened.
Utah’s awesome.
Compare and contrast to other examples around the nation of squidgy whiners freaking out at the presence of armed, law-abiding citizens:
The alarming rise of “open-carry” demonstrations.
Utah, of course, allows open carry of pistols, so long as that they are either one action away from firings (i.e. you need to pull the trigger) if you have a concealed carry license, or two actions away (you need to rack the slide, then pull the trigger) if you don’t have a license.