That is insane. If a wal-mart greeter asked to take a peek inside my bag, I'd laugh at him, and continue on my way. Search and seizure directly relates to law enforcement, sure, but it also means that my personal property is just that, personal. And nobody has any damn business knowing what's under my jacket or in my bag. There are rights that protect you from government, yes, but most rights also protect us from one another.
I guess what I'm getting at is that I'm just amazed that these two things can inhabit the same space. The idea that you can have a right that the government can't remove, but that a person or business can, is completely counter-intuitive to me. It may be a cultural thing, even though we're not so different. A courtesy, I understand, but not the legal right to suspend someone else's rights.
Is that how you feel at the airport or entering the court house to get a permit ??
I agree with ya, but there are always gonna be exceptions.
I now carry and so does my wife..... but at one time had a sign on our front door [
at shop] requesting [
strongly] one cannot carry their weapons into our shop. Then another one explaining this is a smoke-free building and to not bring burning cigarettes, cigars, pipes and other smoking devices into our building. I've changed my views as the area gets worse around here. Still no smoking, but the carrying of a gun doesn't bother me anymore.
I've had a few episodes, where I've made sure my gun was well within reach and carried it onto certain job sites, but have never had to draw it. Like mentioned, if that sucker comes out, your or whoever is next to you life had better be threatened deeply, cause you don't bring it out to show off. That's when accidents happen and things go wrong. I believe a person needs to be very disciplined and extremely careful at all times while carrying.
This past summer, seeing a guy gunned down about 100' or 150' away from right in front of me was the ultimate for me. Ya just never know.
As far as being afraid of them..... no different than some fool driving down the street half loaded or some crack addict coming towards ya. If someone wants to do bodily harm, they will try with whatever means they have at their disposal. Besides, you could step off the curb and get hit by a bus..... are we gonna outlaw buses ??
) I worry less about them because it's less likely I get taking out by one. If a person makes a mistake with an exacto, I get a small cut in my leg, If someone makes a mistake with a gun I'm dead or seriously injured. The point is an exacto knife, or let's say a car which if controlled by the wrong person is also dangerous, is designed for something very specific besides killing, They only kill if miss managed. A gun is designed to kill. If miss managed it kills, if properly managed it kills. 
