. . . and turn around and haul their carcass to a safer place.
Please provide us with any confirmed incidents where "the bad guy took out the open carriers first in the commission of a crime".
I've got quite a few confirmed reports of criminals moving on to a softer target after seeing open carriers at their original intended target.
Otherwise, your statement is perpetuating a myth.
Greetings All, I decided to stick my head in the "Coal Burners" area just to see what was going on. (and to post a thread to ask a question about BP CTG reloading) and I came across this thread...
Personally, I'm not agin it.. In Fact I'm all for it... It is a matter of choice.. That after all is the God Given Right of all Americans... the ability to choose for oneself..
Effectiveness of BP Pistols... Ahhh, there ain't no different degrees of dead.. Anyone doubting just how "Punchy" a BP weapon can be has never fired or witnessed the effects of a Walker, or Lord help the soul that gets on the wrong end of about any 45LC or Heaven forbid a Sharps.. pick a Sharps.. any Sharps...
Would I carry one for everyday protection... Ahh probably not... But that does not stop me from wanting that option.. I really do not shoot enough BP to give a qualified answer on dependability. However I do have a calculator, and I can figure energy... therefore I would consider myself smart enough to to stay away from the business end of one.
There was a little back and forth over where anyone had been attacked while wearing in open carry. Civilians that is... Cops are shot at all the time..
I do remember a specific case, in Austin,Tx I believe, where two Gun Shop employees were jumped, shot and killed about 6 or 7 years ago.. But that is about the only case that I can think of.. Like was said earlier, hardly a blip on the overall radar....
There are hundreds of cases every day where crooks have moved to softer targets when they learned of a weapon present.. I personally have had several of off duty incidents where I was approached, or walked in on something that appeared to be really wrong, and just eased the jacket back a bit.. sometimes a hard look and proper hand placement is all that is needed.. and they decided that they would take their business elsewhere..
There are CCW carriers, and off duty Police Officers all over this country with similar experiences.. the number of crimes that are stopped by the legal use of firearms is staggering.. just highly under reported.. and something that our extremely bias media will never want to admit.. As well as due to the attitudes of some police departments, many people don't want to make a report..
Anyone that is STOOOPID enough to jump a person that he KNOWS is armed, is stupid enough to bury.. or cremate his family choice... and in the adjusted words of Kinky Freeman " May the God of his choice have mercy on his soul"
One thing I can say is it's like Baskins and Robbins... They carry 31 Flavors... You CAN have whatever you want.... If BP is you thing, and that is what you want to carry.. God Bless Ya... Carry what you are comfortable with, and what you can hit and hit reliably with instictively, and if it is an old Dragoon.. Go for it..