Kind of Blued
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I'm going to be direct because I think that that will be most beneficial.
My first impression... use punctuation. It makes your opinion/question/time instantaneously more valid.
Without reading a single response to this thread, my input is that it depends completely upon how you present yourself.
If I'm not mistaken, via assumptions and observations over time, you are about my age and live in about the same area. I've noticed that reactions to open carry are superficial, as are most "initial and final observations" of anything when it comes to John Q. Public and Mrs. John Q. Public.
You and I would have a hard time "successfully" open-carrying regardless of every single factor that is variable. Simply put, this is due to our age. That is called "discrimination" but there is little to nothing that we can do about it. One thing that we can do, however, is to open carry and expose ourselves enough to John and the Misses that they eventually realize that when they see a young adult with a firearm, they in fact, do not die.
I do, and will continue to go (further) out of my way to be accommodating to everyone that I encounter. I hold doors for attractive women, old women, young men my age, and older men that are not accustomed to this. Lord knows what they think of me... I personally do not care, although the psychology interests me.
My point is that people generally tend to trust those men 40-60 years of age. Does it take 40 years to learn what one needs to learn in order to responsibly carry a firearm? Absolutely not. Are people going to see our chivalry and charisma before they see our 1911 on our belt? Probably not. Should we change how we feel about the world around us due to that fact? Absolutely not. Should we do what we can t try to change the world in which we live for the better? Yes.
That was the beer (and the heart... mostly the heart) talking. My brain had little to nothing to do with this, however, let me know what you think.
My first impression... use punctuation. It makes your opinion/question/time instantaneously more valid.
Without reading a single response to this thread, my input is that it depends completely upon how you present yourself.
If I'm not mistaken, via assumptions and observations over time, you are about my age and live in about the same area. I've noticed that reactions to open carry are superficial, as are most "initial and final observations" of anything when it comes to John Q. Public and Mrs. John Q. Public.
You and I would have a hard time "successfully" open-carrying regardless of every single factor that is variable. Simply put, this is due to our age. That is called "discrimination" but there is little to nothing that we can do about it. One thing that we can do, however, is to open carry and expose ourselves enough to John and the Misses that they eventually realize that when they see a young adult with a firearm, they in fact, do not die.
I do, and will continue to go (further) out of my way to be accommodating to everyone that I encounter. I hold doors for attractive women, old women, young men my age, and older men that are not accustomed to this. Lord knows what they think of me... I personally do not care, although the psychology interests me.
My point is that people generally tend to trust those men 40-60 years of age. Does it take 40 years to learn what one needs to learn in order to responsibly carry a firearm? Absolutely not. Are people going to see our chivalry and charisma before they see our 1911 on our belt? Probably not. Should we change how we feel about the world around us due to that fact? Absolutely not. Should we do what we can t try to change the world in which we live for the better? Yes.
That was the beer (and the heart... mostly the heart) talking. My brain had little to nothing to do with this, however, let me know what you think.
