{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"m14brony's status on Monday, 29-Feb-16 00:05:22 UTC","author_name":"m14brony","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/m14brony","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4096164","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/796\" class=\"url\" title=\"Cloud Kicker\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">critialcloudkicker<\/span><\/a><\/span> I personally prefer (and practice) <i>concealed<\/i> carry. If I had to use a firearm in self-defense, I would prefer the assailant not to know about me carrying it until it is already pointed at him. The increased gun sales thing is due to the NRA: they intentionally spread panic about a gun ban that isn't likely to happen in order to get more money for themselves (more dues paying members) and the manufacturers on whose behalf they lobby (more demand = higher prices). Interestingly, US crime rates have been dropping in spite of more people carrying guns."}