Don't mean to brag but I've got enough .357 and .45 to feed the revolver and 1911 I'm waiting on for a while.
But then again, I've got plenty for stuff I don't own yet. Buy it cheap and stack it deep, right? :D
Maybe if more people saw guys carrying guns openly and seeing that nothing bad happens just because a citizen is armed we wouldn't be fighting a tidal wave of ignorance that's threatening to wash away our rights.
For example, the OP saw a guy open carrying and sought more information about...
I think you're giving them too much credit. The few gunfights and the parties involved were blown to mythical proportions by novel writers and newspapers looking to make money.
That version of the west was used for movies and tv shows. Then the antis, being emotional and impressionable, saw...