csmkersh
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I carry just as I have insurance and a fire extenguisher; I'm not expecting trouble but wish to be prepared if---
Now if I expected trouble, I'd
- Not go there in the first place
- Or bring my shotgun.
Done both.
I think open carry is about some trying to show off how "macho" they are.
CCW is common sense from a self-defense point of view and public relations point of view.
Show me the money.buck00 said:guess what, he is probably getting one in the back of the head at the start of the robbery.
claytonfaulkner said:im trying to look at this through a criminal stand point.... if im robbing a place and i see someone has a gun before i start the actually robbery, my first priority is going to be to disarm them, or eliminate them.... ok so maby this scinario has never happened, but its completly logical to beleave that it COULD happen.
and you want to see a video of someone that is carrying openly before they get a chance to even draw there gun.... watch this
CCW is common sense from a self-defense point of view and public relations point of view.
Before I get flamed, if you live in a small town where everyone knows everyone and you can OC without an issue... great, more power to you, sounds like a fine town. But if you've been thrown out of a mall for OC and you're pissed off about it, maybe you need to check yourself. JMO
That one who likely has tunnel vision and is nervous will notice something on someone else's hip, and will then still proceed to commit the crime they intend.im trying to look at this through a criminal stand point.... if im robbing a place and i see someone has a gun before i start the actually robbery, my first priority is going to be to disarm them, or eliminate them.... ok so maby this scinario has never happened, but its completly logical to beleave that it COULD happen
It would really help understand people's perspective if they would identify where they are from. If A, NM & VT are the only open carry states, why is this even much of an issue here?
They tend to have tunnel vision, focused on their objective of getting the money and getting out. An openly carried sidearm is not equivalent to a flashing neon sign, despite the way you may feel the first time you carry.
chris in va said:Actually I know of a guy in southern VA that thinks his OP thwarted a bank robbery. Guy walks in with a ski mask and heavy coat, sees his sidearm...mulled it over and left. This was Suntrust Bank IIRC.
Open carry has a much older history than concealed carry. Open carry was the definition of keeping and bearing arms for generations even when many thought those who carried concealed were cowardly, and no honest man carried concealed.
Concealed carry was practiced legal and culturaly acceptable more in places like the UK, not America.
Only assassins, criminals and men without a backbone carried concealed in the United States, or at least that was the general consensus. Honest men carried openly until the early 1900s. Open carry was still legal and barely restricted or unrestricted in most of the nation until the civil rights movement, and various laws restricting it passed in the 60's and 70's.
Show me the money
Enlighten me as to the reason behind this law in Texas, as I thought this state was the most gun friendly in the nation
The laws against OC in Texas date back to Reconstruction. Following the Civil War it was a way to disarm blacks. Whites would be ignored but blacks would be arrested. It laid around on the books for all of the years following. In this era of the great anti-gun crusaders it is proving difficult to get repealed. We are trying but it is slow going to say the least.jimbeam: Enlighten me as to the reason behind this law in Texas, as I thought this state was the most gun friendly in the nation.