Mainsail
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If they see you with one, they will call the police, and the police will be obligated to 'interact' with you.
WRONG. The police may interact with you but it is entirely up to you if you want to interact with them. A lawful activity cannot be grounds for a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity. Thus detaining someone for mere open carry, where it’s legal, would be illegal for the police.
The only situation I can imagine in which it might take place would be if someone asks you if you're a police officer, you say no, and then go on to explain how open-carry rights work. But most people are not looking to get an education - they want to know if you're someone who is going to shoot them, and so they just call the cops rather than engaging you directly.
How often do you open carry? I do so every day and my real experience is nothing like your fantasy.
If I was a bad guy and needed a gun and some money that guy would be wearing my baseball bat and I will be walking away with a new gun and some money. Do not advertise carry concealed no one knows what you have and chances are the bad guy won't mess with you.
The stupidity of that statement is astounding. Have you anything to back up such drivel? Have you ever read a single study that determined that outlaws prefer armed victims over unarmed victims? Every study I’ve read says they prefer their victims unarmed.
Sadly, OC is too much of a hassle to be practiced very often.
So you really don’t support the second amendment much do you? You’re in the “You can have my gun when you pry it from my cold dead fingers, or if you hassle me man” crowd.
Wake up Americans! The time is coming (and in some places already here) when even your concealed pistol will be visible to the authorities. The technology already exists. What are you going to do when the police begin to harass you for concealed carry? Unlike open carry, concealed carry is a privilege granted by the state, not a right, so you will have to prove you’re eligible to carry. All the police have to do then is stop you a few times and you’ll decide it’s more trouble than it’s worth.