buck460XVR
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This post is not intended to bash open carry/open carriers, call for open carry to be outlawed, or anything of that sort. Again, it's ultimately my personal perspective and how I think about/see open carry.
....yet, it is the same "I am right and others are wrong" BS we see in all of these OC vs CWC threads. Strangely, we haven't had one of these threads for a while....they used to be much more commonplace. Outcome is always the same. They quickly get closed. I respect the right of everyone here to express their opinion. Kinda what these types of forums are all about. What I don't respect is the subtle condescension used in attempt to make some folks and their "way" superior, by pointing out all the self perceived/assumed fails of the "other way". I live in the next to last state in the Union to allow CWC, yet OC was always legal. There was only one legal way to carry a weapon for SD up until November of 2011. Was is stupid and foolish then too? These types of threads are just a quest for others to affirm, similar to caliber wars and gun manufacturers bashing. Is similar to the old S&W bashing years ago when they first started using MIM parts. Statements like "I won't trust my life on plastic parts!". Until everyone else starting using them too. Now, there's nuttin' but crickets. Is open carrying any different than owning a "Black Rifle"? Again, opinion. How about how many rounds in a magazine, or even carried as a reload? "Oh my, you don't still carry a revolver with only 5 rounds for SD, do you"? Here are all my reasons for carrying a double stack!"
Sorry, don't intend to bash...just MHO.
....and of this I agree, other than the author's opinion is wrong. It is his opinion and without factual evidence, it can't be right or wrong, just an opinion.I say this as someone who chooses to carry concealed the majority of the time.
Your opinion is simply wrong. It's just feelings with nothing to back them up. It's exactly the same argument anti-gunners use against all forms of carry. It makes them uncomfortable, therefore they don't think anyone should do it. I've been hearing this exact same argument for 15+ years and no one has over been able to cite any sources that show proof of it making you a target, higher chances of your gun being taken, etc. In fact the only news story I've seen during that time about an OCer other than being hassled by the police for no reason was when one successfully stopped a robbery years ago in VA.
Frankly, the last thing the gun community needs is another fudd spreading this nonsense. Especially on a forum that anti-gunners can reference to use against us. I'm supportive of people exercising their constitutional right in any form they'd like to.