So what does my view, or the positions I support, have to do with you (a person with no criminal record) carrying a pistol in that situation? You would easily pass a background check, you aren't carrying a concealed semi-auto rifle, and if your gun were registered to you as the owner, it wouldn't be any less effective at deterring a punk at a gas station...would it? The only trouble I've ever had at a gas station was from a territorial goat on the new mexico/arizona border. of course, this has very little to do with the topics of censorship, homosexuality, or the value of segregation...