Might as well collect the whole set

...is the same as the reason to have more than one socket in your ratchet set: you may run into a different sized nut or two.

Whether you should open carry is a completely different question than whether you should own a firearm. I get the sense that most people here are not fans of open carry. I certainly am not a proponent, but am a firm supporter of RKBA.

an affirmative answer. Several rifles and handguns of differing types and calibers.

I do not open carry myself but can and do conceal carry occasionally.

"Not just open carry, this applies to owning a gun, as well."

They don't respect ours...

as a gay man who supports the rkba.

some gun controllers remind me of another type of people.

emphasis on some

as a slow newz fix, and when it cuts back on the culture war narrative. There will always be folks who will incorporate OC into their lifestyle, but there won't be many. As for concealed-carry, it can't very well bother too many people if the gun is, well, concealed. Never like the idea of OC, anyway.

I have a nagging memory of a well composed quote expressing just that but I can't remember the quote or its author.

I'll probably remember after I've forgotten about this discussion.