Posted on 08/21/2015 4:54:34 AM PDT by marktwain
I have seen different versions of that. Often, the open carried gun has the safety on, or is in a retention holser, and the person carrying it has a back up gun (BUG) concealed on his person.
There have been some documented cased where the BUG was used successfully.
“Let the robber grab your unladed gun, then nail him.”
If you kill someone under this circumstance, some prosecutors might charge you with premeditated murder because you made a gun you knew wasn’t loaded available to the shootee. The analogy might be that you laid a “booby trap” for him. Booby traps, especially lethal ones, are pretty much illegal.
“Anyone not comfortable carrying a gun with a round in the chamber has no business owning a weapon.”
In your opinion of course. On the other hand, “The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
Sorry, but the author is using an isolated incident to make a point- not very rational one at tht.
Open carry is fin if you want to put yourself I a posture that requires even more vigilance. What I mean is this- most OC types are not wearing uniform gear designed to thwart removal of the arm by anyone other than the wearer. Most OCers wear non-retention holsters and flimsy clothing-at least the ones I have been seeing locally. A guy in shorts, no belt, a tucked in T shirt and a nylon paddle type holster surrounding a 1911 in cocked an locked config. I thought for a moment of how easy it could be to disarm the guy- he never even looked back at e while in line-seemed to have no/little SA. Scary.
OC deterrent? I don’t really see it that way. YRMV, of course, and it is a free country.
I’ll continue to look aware, be aware and have a mindset that allows me to practice eye-contact, friendly vocabulary and assertive but comfortable demeanor and manner of dress and a smile as I semi-consciously assess how to neutralize you as I share the gospel of hope and salvation.....
Regards;
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