Drawing attention for the sake of confrontation

[Ohm]

I take significantly more flak here in this forum for OC in one thread than I ever do when I'm out and about town. What does that say?

That an armed society is a polite society.

 

[4Freedom]

A society were everyone open carries is like a society that has police all over the place all the time. Just imagine if every convenience and liquor store had a police officer or two in it. What would happen to the rate of robberies? Robbers tend to go to places where the fuzz isn't around. But if numerous numbers of people are wearing their guns on their side, robbers and other goblins are going to maybe consider a different type of profession or way of life. Does anyone else here think the presence of an armed person deter most crimes? I am sure there are always those gung ho criminal types or gangs who are armed to the teeth, but for the majority, of like 90% + of gun-involved crimes, I think they would think twice and find something else to do with their time.

 

[Eric F]

well for all of the comments about

an armed society is a polite society

can any one explain to me the murder rates of the 1870's through the early 1900's in all the mid west to far west town and cities? It didnt seem to work too well then, why would it now?

Disclaimer: I just thought I would toss that out there, not ment to start a flame fest!

 

[wrs840]

I would never OC just to get a reaction, but I OC a lot around my rural agricultural community for practical reasons: (1) because it's a rather large revolver, and (2) where I live, coyotes, bobcats, copperheads, etc. are part of life, and going unarmed is pretty irresponsible, IMO. Few give me a second look. There's a 30-30 levergun locked in the window rack of my pasture truck too... can't get much more "open" than that. And the 442 that goes in my city-duds is also in my pants pocket anyway, so I'm never simply OC: it's CC only or "both".

Les

 

[WarHall]

I'm more concerned about

People who OC a cell phone in a holster - You never know what they are capable of!

 

[Rockwell1]

Can any one explain to me the murder rates of the 1870's through the early 1900's in all the mid west to far west town and cities?

Before we can explain it you need to cite a reliable source as to what the murder rate was then?

 

[gripper]

There are some unfortunate people out htere ,who grit thei rteeth at the exer4cise of ANTY right they disapprove of.
I have never OC'd(deliberately or "printed " accidentally).OTOH, I was once on the spot at a job where the client rep had a complaint about a discussion I was in that was overheard by someone who simply could not accept the perspective we had on the subject at hand.

 

[Hawaiian]

Open carry is legal here. I have never carried open. I do not want any BG to know that I am carrying until it is too late for him to do anything about it.

 

[Superlite27]

Whenever I read anything complaining about those of us who open carry, I put my .45 on my hip and make a special trip to Wal-Mart, the grocery store, and the gas station just to spite them.

BTW, after open carrying for the past year, I finally saw another guy open carrying yesterday.

It's about time. I was starting to think I was the only one in my area.

 

[largecaliber]

No matter if you open carry or carry concealed you are exercising your gun rights which is the main thing. Here in Wyoming open carry is something you will see quite a lot of and the citizens of Wyoming think nothing about it. In fact most of our police officers and even the police chief in our town respects and believes in an armed populace. I can understand how one may think that open carry is for someone who wants to show off or other, especially in a state where it isn't common but here in Wyoming no one even gives any thought to it, not even if you go to Wal-Mart. Another good thing about an open carry state is in the summer you can just wear blue jeans and a t-shirt while carrying.

 

[largecaliber]

Eric F

Go to your computer or libarary and look up those stats. In reality during the old west period there were less murders per capita than there is today. So maybe it did work after all.