NIGHTLORD40K
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If CONCEALED carry were outlawed, but OPEN carry was not only universally legal, but in fact the norm in our society, what would you carry and how?
Well, it's not, so I am not going to worry about it. Beside, I think open carrying just makes one a target. I don't open carry even though it's permitted in Indiana.If CONCEALED carry were outlawed, but OPEN carry was not only universally legal, but in fact the norm in our society, what would you carry and how?
I think open carrying just makes one a target.
Beside, I think open carrying just makes one a target. I don't open carry even though it's permitted in Indiana.
The premise is that everyone, or nearly everyone, is expected to be openly carrying in their daily lives. Those who ARENT are the ones who will stand out for one reason or another- and may make themselves the subject of scrutiny by either crimnals or the merely curious.Pretty much for the same reason I don't have NRA or gun manufacturer's decals on the back window of my car.
I wouldn't want to make myself a target so I'd definitely say no to Open Carry.
I think many would come to see their openly displayed arms as status symbols, ornaments, or accessories if they didnt expect to actually need to use them- either because its a low-crime environment/neighborhood or society in general may become LESS dangerous and more polite (as Heinlein theorized).My '51 Navy colts in a crossdraw rig
Think Renaissance Europe or Feudal Japan where the samurai and gentlemanly classes routinely carried swords, except extend the idea to the whole of the populace in modern times.