frankie_the_yankee
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Urbana John says:
My point exactly. OC complicates your tactical situation, as you now have to guard against strangers getting "too close".
Police OC. But they also have retention training, retention holsters, are physically fit (mostly), are trained in hand to hand combat, are not too old or frail, have backup available, and with all that, BG's know for a fact that if they whack a cop every cop within 50 miles will be looking for them with extreme prejudice.
I like wearing open top holsters for ease of draw. A vest or open from sweater makes for very easy access if needed. I retain the element of surprise. I don't have to worry about some dirtbag 20 years younger than me and twice as big standing behind me in line at Mickey D's.
I OC around my little spread here in TX. And of course OC isn't an option here in public at the present time. But I have OC'd in Phoenix and I personally find CC much more comfortable anywhere where there are a lot of people around.
Gun snatches have happened, and not just to police. There's a thread on opencarry.org about a guy in VA who was OC'ing and was ambushed from behind by two BG's, one of whom took his gun.
You can't walk around with your hand on your gun whenever anyone gets within a few feet of you. Too much of that will draw unwanted attention, and is what I would call a heck of a way to live.
In sparsely populated rural areas it's a different story.
And it's always good to have the option of OC. So I would like to see the law changed here in TX to allow it.
Not long ago there was a discussion about OC & CC, and the BG getting or trying to take an OC weapon away from "one of us".
Stats prove that it happens more to LEO's more than us!!!
Usually happens inside jails or court houses with the "die hard" BG's.
Sometimes it happens to "us", in our homes while the BG is doing his thing, but I've NEVER heard or read anything about a BG trying to do his job and trying to take an OC firearm off "one" of us first.
If I was OCing, I'd be 2 or 3 times more "alert" to a stranger getting toooo close to me, and "if" that happened,,,,my hand would already be on my weapon!!
My point exactly. OC complicates your tactical situation, as you now have to guard against strangers getting "too close".
Police OC. But they also have retention training, retention holsters, are physically fit (mostly), are trained in hand to hand combat, are not too old or frail, have backup available, and with all that, BG's know for a fact that if they whack a cop every cop within 50 miles will be looking for them with extreme prejudice.
I like wearing open top holsters for ease of draw. A vest or open from sweater makes for very easy access if needed. I retain the element of surprise. I don't have to worry about some dirtbag 20 years younger than me and twice as big standing behind me in line at Mickey D's.
I OC around my little spread here in TX. And of course OC isn't an option here in public at the present time. But I have OC'd in Phoenix and I personally find CC much more comfortable anywhere where there are a lot of people around.
Gun snatches have happened, and not just to police. There's a thread on opencarry.org about a guy in VA who was OC'ing and was ambushed from behind by two BG's, one of whom took his gun.
You can't walk around with your hand on your gun whenever anyone gets within a few feet of you. Too much of that will draw unwanted attention, and is what I would call a heck of a way to live.
In sparsely populated rural areas it's a different story.
And it's always good to have the option of OC. So I would like to see the law changed here in TX to allow it.