For those who can carry open or concealed....

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Probably Raz, a sad reflection on current attitudes. If the guy had stopped to think, he mighta realized that the total openess was in fact way less a threat than concealed ..... which you could well have been, and him none the wiser.

Chances are any perp who was gonna ''try it on'' would for sure not be open carry!

Maybe if there was more open carry this would not occur but seems the trends have led many who can legitimately open carry .... to go for the ''diplomatic'' approach and go CCW .... so fewer people are used to seeing it.

In fact I'd say that concealed is anyways .... 'way to go' ........ gives an ''edge'' IMO ... and keeps the BG's guessing! :p
 
Raz i was just wondering what kind of thrift shop has a armed guard? Most of these places I have seen are uaslly little hole in the wall junk shops. It must be awful dangerous to sell junk in your part of the state.(ha ha just joking)
 
Raz i was just wondering what kind of thrift shop has a armed guard?
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Come to think of it ... it was a little strange ... an armed guy guarding junk!

Well, the place didn't seem like it was in a particularly bad part of town ...
maybe they had trouble in the past.



-Raz
 
technically, you can open carry in MI, AFAIK. but, try it in Detroit, and you'll get hit with a brandishing charge. I've only carried open around the house. everywhere else, it's concealed.
 
I carry a full sized Kimber IWB conceiled. I really don't care if it "prints" thru my clothes. Most BG's are looking for a defenseless victim. Hopefully they will leave me alone. If not,I have a weapon I can shoot well and depend on.
 
Did a little experiment after work this evening. I took off my belly band, which was located in between two tucked in shirts, and moved my gun to my IWB. (Both shirts still tucked in.)

First, went to my credit union which always has an armed gaurd. (My CU is only 2 miles from Broadway in downtown Nashville.) No one said a word and AFAIK, no strange looks. The gaurd never said a word.

Next it was dinner at a small Chinese place down the road from downtown. (Now about 3.5 miles out from Broadway.) I'm sitting at a small table with my left side to the wall, gun to the isle. (BTW, the gun is at the 4 o'clock position.) Metro police officer comes in, walks right by me, and proceeds to order some egg rolls. While he waited, he sat at the table across from me. My gun had to be in his view. Not a word or blink of an eye.

After that, I started to head home. Decided to stop for a cold drink at a stop 'n rob about 17 miles from downtown (heading east). I had to walk right in front of 2 LEO from the County Sherrif's Office. Nothing.

I'm sure if I tried doing this with ripped up jeans and a dirty shirt, someone would have said something at some point. As it was, I was wearing my nicer jeans (nothing freyed) and a long sleeve button up work shirt. (Plain blue with logo on the left breast.)

Very weird since I was actually thinking someone somewhere would have complained. :confused:
 
I carry 100 percent of the time - less than 1 percent is open.

Full-Size 1911 Springfield, and usually a concealed J-frame in front right pocket.

TD
 
I carry 100% of the time!

I never carry openly. It serves absolutely no useful purpose. Carrying in the open invites others to make wrong decisions about you; what you might be up to; to be in fear of you when there is no need for that; as I said no useful purpose is served by open carry. Good shooting;)
 
I always carry concealed.

I figure the hassle will outweigh the convenience of open carry.
While it is legal, very few do it.

One of the posters was from AZ.
I have heard several people that have been there talk about how common open carry is there.

I wish it was more common here.
 
And I still say, it's our own fault (read fear factor) that PERMITS scenes like Raz's. If we stand up, and carry openly, let the sheeple quake, and the wolves fear us.

No wonder the anti's can take our rights away, it's because we let them.
 
I wish it was more common here.
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It would be if more people did it where the law allows. Keep hiding and they'll take more of our rights away. If you present yourself right, people won't bat an eye at you. Who knows, the people you see at the bank, gas station, where ever that are carrying concealed, may start carrying open if they see someone else do it.

Lead, follow or get out of the way. How bad do you want it to be more common?
 
Dairycreek,I hate to disagree with you but open carry does have a good purpose.I can carry without having to pay for a permit,it shows people that not all gun owners are inbred wive beaters and people can be trusted with firearms.Almost all newspapers show gunowners in a negative light, anything we can do to change that is a good thing.
 
There are actually several "useful purposes" for carrying openly. When I do so - which is quite rare - here are *my* reasons.

1. It is more comfortable.

2. It is more convenient.

I don't carry any self-defense gun in a holster that is secured by a holster suicide strap (OWB). So when carrying open, my biggest concern is to make certain no one can get access to my gun. This is probably the worst factor of open carry, in my opinion.

During wintertime, I use an OWB holster almost exclusively, since it can be easily hidden under a jacket, so this is not an issue then.

TD
 
Here in Ohio...

Most often,we exercise our Fifth Amendment rights on the subject of the Second Amendment. While open carry is theoretically legal, that whole brandishing/inducing panic/disorderly conduct thing would rear its head in any place bigger than a wide spot in the road. I don't even do it in my own 'burg, where I live AND work. Been there, done that, been hassled by no less than our town's Clancy Wiggum* himself. *= name changed for obvious reasons.
 
So when carrying open, my biggest concern is to make certain no one can get access to my gun.
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I have to agree with this wholeheartedly. I have been cautious to the point of near paranoia the infrequent times I wear (or have worn) my gun openly.

I can just imagine going to 7-11 late night in a not-so-hospitable part of town ... and some drunk or jacked up hoodlum in line next to me grabbing my piece like he was picking my pocket. There are a lot of people who are just that daring, don't have fear, or just don't care.

Yes ... it's more convenient and comfortable to carry openly ... but the vigilance factor goes up exponentially.


-Raz
 
Only time I would open carry is at a costume party (It would be .45 Colt SAA's) or at the range....
 
Open carry when I worked at a gun store- deterrence- four guys behind the counter armed .

when out and about...concealed w/button shirt over T-shirt.
 
The only time I carry open is when I am climbing around up in the mountains (hiking, hunting, fishing, etc..).

Even tho I live in an area that is more open minded to open carry, I am not interested in advertizing that I am carrying, or making any kind of statement.

I have a CCW permit for a reason, so when I carry in civilization, I carry concealed.
 
We can carry openly in VA, but I've always carried concealed. We have some weird laws here - you can't carry concealed in a restaurant that serves booze but you CAN carry openly.:scrutiny:
 
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