If more states allow anyone to openly carry a gun

[billh58]

4. Open carry idiots are

easy enough to spot and avoid, but concealed carriers who are idiots are more problematic. In many "shall issue" jurisdictions almost anyone who hasn't had a parking ticket can get a CCW in short order, and this includes drunks, abusive sociopaths, bullies, and other anti-social misfits.

The gun culture mindset that a lethal weapon is an "equalizer" and a personal problem solver too often results in a permanent solution to a temporary problem. While CCW holders claim to be more upstanding and law-abiding than most Americans, those claims do not take into account someone's personal character. Being an anti-social asshole, a bully, and a paranoid coward should be a valid consideration when it comes to someone being given the power to take a life based on feeling threatened.

Police officers and other professionals who carry weapons in public as a part of their duties are given psychological evaluations and extensive training before being allowed to carry a weapon in public. Why not apply the same standards to anyone who wishes to carry a weapon in the public venue for no apparent reason, but supposedly for possible self-defense "just in case I'm threatened?" That amount of paranoia would seem to be a cause for concern right from the outset.