Reason #1 why civilians w/ guns and public appearances by Presidents don't belong together:

[brentspeak]

[Edweird]

1. Seriously? I am reasonably certain that if any of these 'open carry' dudes

move too quickly wiping the sweat off their brow they run the risk of getting turned off like a light.

It's not the guys you can see that you have to worry about.

[WeDidIt]

3. First there was one, today there was twelve

What do you do when there are 200?

[spanone]

4. i think you need to worry about the gunslingers....seriously

plus a gun hanging on someone's hip could be easily grabbed by someone more disturbed then the disturbed one that brought it.

[WeDidIt]

2. Seven more

Abraham Lincoln - Assassinated with a gun
James A. Garfield - Assassinated with a gun
Willim McKinley - Assassinated with a gun
Theodore Roosevelt - Attempted assasination with a gun (wounded)
Harry S. Truman - Attempted assassination with a gun
Gerald Ford - Attempted assassination with a gun (twice)
Ronald Reagan - Attempted assassination with a gun (wounded)

[spanone]

5. what makes you think they would use a gun?

:sarcasm:

[peace13]

6. The target could well be the crowd itself....

which could get very messy.

[neverforget]

7. Not to mention the resources needed to watch them which distracts

them from being on the lookout for the lone wolf nutjobs.

[RubyDuby in GA]

8. The only thing we learn from history is that we do not learn from history