NavyLCDR
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Open carry is legal in many states but unless you will be hiking and camping in a remote area, I would strongly recommend you go with CC. Right or wrong, legal or otherwise; many people become worried when they see someone with a gun. Too avoid bringing unnessary attention your direction, stick with CC.
95% of attention I receive while open carrying is positive, supportive, and many times educational to a person asking questions about it. 4 out 5 times there have been negative reactions have come from people who have concealed carry permits that can't resist the urge to tell me about their permit and concealed guns and that I should conceal mine too. I've been open carrying for 6 years now in Washington state.