Purely hypothetical

If Conceal Carry was banned on your person but you could still keep your gun loaded in the car. What would you do?

Dunno how the 2A could ever be banned myself....

I am with the others that posted..

On THR, we follow the law. Period.

Thats why I didn't put a "conceal anyway" option.

Open carry for the win!

If OC were legal (it's currently not where I live, but we're working on it), I would do that.

If not...I'll take the Fifth

Or maybe a fifth...Jack Daniel's, please. :)

We do need to note that THR always advocates following the law. If you are going to post on the thread, please stay with the OP's question and not add a personal OT opinion.

Number 2, where practical.

I live in an OC state, and the OC advocates have been doing a lot of good work here lately making the pubblic aware that it is legal. I support OC because it helps protect my right to CC and I like to have the option, even if I never use it.

All that being said, there are times and places I would not be comfortable OC'ing. CC just avoids so much trouble, but I would put up with a lot if it was the only way I could carry.

Since OC is currently legal in PA I would go with choice #2.

This one's a no brainer. I'd just start OC'ing. I prefer OC'ing over CC'ing on many occasions.
On THR, we follow the law. Period.
Inaccurate.
THR always advocates following the law.
Accurate.

I'm not lucky enough to live in an Open Carry state so I had to vote for leave it in the car.

I forgot to say that OC became legal everywhere.

On THR, we follow the law. Period.
Yep, that's my story and I'm stickin' to it :evil:

Pretty sure OC would be a great deterrent to a would be BG. At least better than CC.
(wow, that's a lot of initials for such a short post. LOL)

Many years ago, I went and talked with the local Under Sheriff about getting a CCW permit, and in those days, such permits were pretty hard to get. You kinda had to be wealthy or socially important or a pal of the PD, or else you would not get one.

But, the Under Sheriff and LEO all tolled, were easy going reasonable people.

He said, "Just make sure it is not concealed on your person, or concealed in the passenger compartment of your Car, and, that it is in plain sight one way or another, or away from you somehow, if you are pulled over...so everything is easy for an Officer to understand quickly...let the Officer know..."

Or words to that effect.

So, that's what I did...


Never had a problem.

So you can't carry concealed but you can carry it in your car? Same thing, still concealed. So you get out of your car, strap on in plain sight and go your merry way? I must be thick, I'm not getting it. :banghead:

Some states as I recall allow car carry without a permit.

So you can't carry concealed but you can carry it in your car? Same thing, still concealed

i believe he is using the term concealed carry to refer to concealed on your person

Off of the initial hypo I voted to keep a gun in the car. After reading the follow up posts I'd vote to open carry.

I voted #3, because even though there's a loophole that allows OC in AL, there's another that provides for local ordinences to dis-allow OC.:fire::mad::cuss::banghead:

Realistically people tend to disobey laws in regards to concealed carry that they’re not in agreement with. I’ve seen this in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and North Carolina. It’s not a matter of right or wrong it’s just the way it is for some people.

Here in Florida, open carry is not legal, but unless you have a criminal record and you can't legally own guns, it's easy to get a cc permit. The state also considers your car to be an extension of your home, and it's covered by the castle doctrine law, so it's legal for anyone to have a loaded gun in the glove box. That's why I chose option 3, and would just leave a gun in the car. A friend of mine teaches the CC course that's needed to get a permit. He personally disagrees with open carry because it removes the element of surprise when the time comes to use it. He loves practicing scenarios in a shooting house combat setup. On the other hand, if a bg sees my weapon, he'll more than likely wait for me to go away before picking on someone else.

cannot really pick either/or
would sometimes OC (legally), sometimes not carry
would most often have one in vehicle when out and about, just as I mostly do now (legally, with or w/o CCW)

Some part of the OC decision is about "tactics", yes, of course.

But there most frequently is more than just tactics involved. Whether by merit of personal behavior, manner of dress, jewelry, tattoos, speaking habits, etc., etc., etc... people make choices about "standing out in a crowd", sometimes subconsciously, sometimes very deliberately. When hanging out with others that do very much the same, you don't "stand out in a crowd", irrespective of what the themes might be. Yet some people feel a stronger need to 'stand out' than others, to express individuality, for reasons both fair and foul.

I am not saying there are any 'wrong" choices in any of that (whatever the etc., etc., etc are), but do think it should be considered, and conscious choices should be some part of the evaluation.

In a kinder and gentler world, all of us should judge one other only on the basis behavior and actions, and not get obsessive compulsive about the "why", nor pre-judge. 'Tis not a kinder and gentler world.

It is simply naive to not expect that others may react to your appearance in public, in ways you will not always like. Whining about all that is silly; make your choices knowing that life is not "fair", there is no 'Life is Fair' amendment in the Bill of Rights.

Saying "there "ought be a law", or "there ought not be a law", is one thing, but dealing pragmatically with life as it is always a pretty good notion.

No wrong choices, so long as they are legal choices, and you have made yours objectively, responsibly, and consciously. But there are not (at this time) all that many places left where you can OC and not stand out in a crowd, so do consider the larger picture of all that implies.

PS
I make varying daily choices now, both about what to CCW, and about whether or not I actually do CCW
what, where, when, how, why
all based on personal threat assessment, not sub-conscious habit
I don't expect that any "OC legal, CCW not legal" environment would change that
and I would continue to choose from whatever options are legal

I would still open carry. I do not hang out in bars or clubs or areas of town that could get me or my wife in town. But as you know, more psychos enter establishments that people consider safe, such as a restaurant, mall, or church, or college campus,...where unfortunately most mass shootings have occurred.
I will not be a victim in my own home or country. Nothing is safe not even where I work, which is a military base, the only place I do not carry, and you know what happened in Fort Hood.

Since I cant CC at work and I wont leave one unattended I just open carry on the weekends, if I absolutely must leave it in the truck I use my motorcyle lock to clamp it to the seat.