Quote Originally Posted by hotshot
lol. ok buddy. I know exactly why people carry, Its cause they wanna try to protect their family and their stuff. I hope it does get ruled as a public gathering though.

Consider this hypothetical situation: You grab your gun, head out to the movies, but you dont bother to turn your safety on cause you think the chances of actually having to use it are slim, or for some reason you dont turn it on, or for some reason, you accidently switch it off. You grab your drinks and your popcorn, find the seat you want to sit in and walk up the stairs. As you're crouching down to sit in your seat, your gun falls out of the holster and on to the concrete floor below. The 12 year old girl sitting one row in front of you and two seats to the left hears a loud bang and is now gasping for breath. She will no longer be able to enjoy the movie because she is being rushed to the hospital where she will certainly die from a gunshot wound to the spinal cord. You'll be judged by 12, and she'll be carried by 6. Glad you made sure your family and belongings were safe in the movie theater, dont you.
wow. Too many movies for you. Just for kicks and giggles i will actually address this screnario in a line item fashion.

- saftey off: the gun i normally carry doesnt even have a saftey, yet the only time it has EVER gone off is when i press the trigger (so unless i decide to shoot 12 year old sally, she has no reason to worry about getting shot by my gun). I also have a 1911 i carry from time to time that has a thumb safety like you speak of. Reholstering without the safety engaged on this gun isnt an option, although its technically possible, muscle memory reduces this human error to effectively zero. But again, this gun too only goes off when the trigger is pressed. Once the gun is holster this too would have effectively zero chance of an accidental discharge, once again leaving Sally in perfect health.

- The gun flys out of its holster and land perfectly so it discharges a round: my normal carry gun (and essentially every handgun) can take its far share of abuse with out an accidental discharge. Although i have never dropped a gun on accident, i am confident that my glock could be thrown down on the concrete and not discharge. Also my 1911 (95+ year old design) has to be dropped from 40+ feet onto concrete, perfectly on its muzzle before it runs a measurable risk of accidentally discharging. If it lands at any angle except perfectly vertical this would decrease the odds of a discharge dramatically. This has been tested and available somewhere on google. So once again, Sally is still in perfect health by all reasonable probability.

- So is your theoretical story possible? Technically yes, but your talking about a probability so close to zero it isnt even funny. Now yes you could run into some window licker than could probably make this story come true, but nothing can help people like that not even making a theater a public gather like you want, because that type of person could care less.

- Its important to remember that guns are just tools, they dont jump out of thier holsters on thier own when your sitting down. And they sure as hell dont press thier own trigger, killing poor Sally. We understand your scared of guns for some reason, but open your eyes and learn about it, maybe you will understand and become a fan.

Quote Originally Posted by hotshot
lol. ok buddy. I know exactly why people carry, Its cause they wanna try to protect their family and their stuff. I hope it does get ruled as a public gathering though.
Lots of gun owners carry for "protection", but just as many carry "because we can."

"A right not exercised is a right lost." A very true quote.