Personally, I feel the benefits of open carry outweigh the potential disadvantages. Retention holster technology has come a long way since the old leather flap and snap days.
I love my Blackhawk CQC, but it still "scares the sheep" up here to see folks carrying openly and honestly.
Suit yourself. I support open carry for those who want it.
Another addendum to my prior post on being OC bushwacked...the way police sometimes are. You walk into a crowd of people you can’t shoot, they turn aggressive while bumping you, and somebody grabs your OC pistol. Ask OC cops if this scenario worries them. It sure does, and for good reason: it happens!
Next case: the nasty brawling bad guy you told to stop hassling the ladies heads your way to pound your face.
But he sees your OC pistol, and thinks better. So he goes out to his truck and gets his own pistol, shotgun or rifle, and sits in the cab brooding until you come out.
This is just a sample scenario, but the point is it’s tactically stupid to tell an enemy to get out of pistol range, get cover, get a long arm and blow you away from ambush.
Open carry was not as common as we would like to believe. Yeah maybe on open plains etc yet many towns had restrictions on such even back then.
I want to be able to carry my sidearm safely any way I choose. Be it concealed or open carry. I would select a concealed carry mode 99% of the time I suppose.
Interesting thead....stay safe.