If a person keeps a gun in their home or at their business, I'm not all that concerned. It's their property, and it's my choice to go to their home or business. Their having a gun makes me nervous, but I think it would be impossible to enact legislation in the US that would prohibit people from keeping a gun at home or a business they own.

"Open carry" of weapons is very rare in the U.S., but it is allowed in some places. It used to be that it was rare for Americans to have a permit to carry a concealed weapon wherever they go. It's only been in recent years that the courts have forced governments to give out concealed weapons permits more freely. The US population is 318.9 million. If 11 million have concealed weapons permits, that's not a huge percentage - but it's a number that grows every year, and that makes me nervous.

Don't know about "covert guns." I suppose there are some, but I don't think most people bother to go around the licensing requirements. I don't like the fact that Americans have guns, and it surprises me that 43% of Americans are gun owners - but I don't think that's where the problem lies. When people arm themselves to go out in public, that is frightening to me, and I consider it to be a threat to my right to personal safety.

-Joe-