Second Class Citizenship

There are fucking metal detectors to go into the Florida Aquarium in Tampa.

Because someone might hijack the aquarium and force the fish to swim to Cuba?

I am increasingly sick of the proliferation of gun-free victim zones.

It's especially galling that they were giving free admission for Veteran's day.

I have yet to reconcile that I can be trusted to carry gun virtually any place but somehow it's more dangerous to have legal conceal carry in aquariums, museums, amusement parks and convention centers.

Trust me, I am WAY more angry at the people in Target or Wal Mart than I am at anyone at the zoo!

But nobody gets shot, despite that, because irritating me is not something that rises to the level of requiring a lethal response.

I might sigh.

I might grumble.

I might complain.

I might rant.

But I am not shooting my fellow customers unless I'm shooting back.

That's the deal we make when we carry.

I keep seeing the justification that this is for the "safety" of everyone so that they can "feel safe."

I'd rather be safe than feel safe.

There's a lot of people in Florida alone that felt safe right up to the moment they were killed.  Too many died because they had been deprived of the means to defend themselves.

Gun owners are, indeed, still the new CENSORED of society.