Most people wouldn't know real violence until it put them on the other side of the grass. Does that disqualify them from carrying lethal force tools for self defense? No. Just like not being trained to employ them shouldn't disqualify them either. Neither any of you nor I has the right to infringe on another person's natural right to self defense in the method of his choosing. That's the price we pay for dangerous liberty. If the man injures someone, he pays the price to society. Again, that risk is the price we pay for our liberty. I would hazard that most who beat the "training before you can do...." drum are minimally trained themselves. By minimally, I mean they took a handgun licensing class (You know, the one where you fired 50 rounds to prove you could do it without shooting me or the people on your left and right?) at the least or maybe another 16-32 hours of training at the most. Guess what they DO have, though? An opinion on what makes their fellow man qualified to carry a gun in public for self defense. But are THEY even "qualified"?
Who trained you? Any asshole can hang a shingle and call himself an Instructor these days. What are his qualifications? What was the curriculum? Who decides what the standard is and which classes do and don't make the cut? Did they train on the ground, with live blades, or to keep or regain control of a gun? Did they train against multiple attackers? Have they ever put sights on another human being and pulled a REAL trigger before? What's the magical cutoff for a first round hit on the A Zone from concealment? At what range? Should that even be a part of the standard? How often must one train to maintain an acceptable level of proficiency? What if you survive the gunfight and you, your spouse, your child, or a bystander bleed out because you don't know f@ck all about controlling external hemorrhage? Slippery on this slope we're on, isn't it?
How much training does it take to survive a lethal force encounter, anyway? When you find out, please let me know. It's okay that most people (the vast majority, really) don't know what real violence is. In fact, that's a GREAT thing! It means we live in a majority safe and peaceful society (which we do, by the way). Your average, walking around meat popsicle also has neither the time or financial budget, nor the inclination to be trained for every possible scenario with which they might be faced, or in every single martial skill imaginable. That's just not realistic. What IS realistic is to study the types of violent encounters which take place most frequently in the places YOU go, and to train for THOSE in as comprehensive and efficient a manner as possible.
I'm not a big open carry fan but I'm not going to begrudge a man his choice of carry simply because I don't choose to practice it myself. All the hard core concealed carry champions usually bleat the same line: If you aren't training on how to retain your weapon, you shouldn't be open carrying. Guess what, professor? If you aren't training to retain your weapon, period, you shouldn't be carrying either!
People have been virtually tickled stupid over "Constitutional Carry" passing the OK House recently. Yeah? Which Constitution does it satisfy? Not mine. What the hell do I know? I'm just another asshole with an opinion.