Posted on 06/11/2014 4:34:03 PM PDT by Kaslin
“Weird and scary?” More like foolish—it’s showing your hole card. Concealed is better—keeps ‘em guessing.
The bad guys can easily tell when there are people around openly carrying... It’s the concealed carryer that they can’t identify that’ll be the one that drops them in their shoes.
We are an open carry state. I have a concealed carry license. I would rather not invite trouble. I feel more secure knowing I have it. No one else needs to know.
Yes, concealed by sane individuals is better.
I disagree. Open carry is safer, more convenient, and serves as a constant reminder of our rights.
I don’t think it’s wise to advertise your guns openly, but that is second-place to the fact that open carry does not violate anyone’s rights (unless the gun grabbers feel there is a right not to worry about piddling their undies at the mere sight of a gun), ergo, there should be no law against it (laws are meant to protect rights, nothing more and nothing less).
Back in the 80s I could walk down main street with a shotgun slung across my back and no one batted an eye. We even went into the grocery store and bank with them and never gave it a thought. Today we can even open carry in the Michigan state capitol building.
Panic over open carry is just “reasonable” gun control and reasonable gun control is reasonably stupid.
If a stranger comes waltzing by with an AR-15 in your neighborhood, would you not be concerned? This is crazy.
Texas would have open carry for hand guns but Richard Perry said no.
No, I would not.
I guess you must have grown up in NYC and have never spent any time in areas that allow open carry. Just because it’s scary to you New Yorkers doesn’t mean it’s scary to everyone else.
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I prefer open carry. Oregon was open carry, and when I was out in the woods it made sense. In North Dakota, in the field we had a “presumed armed” standard, so you could do whatever you wanted.
In CA, we had a whole bunch of Open Carry advocates staging demonstrations at Restaurants and other Venues.
It was Legal here at the time, (but not in Texas?), so all it accomplished was getting the Liberals in Sacramento all worried and created a State wide call to action.
The Open Carry “Demonstrations” did nothing but give the Libtards a big issue and the ammunition (pardon the pun) to make Open Carry Illegal, for both Pistols and Long Guns, which they did.
In the end, the Libs won and we lost. It accomplished less than nothing. Give Liberals any excuse, sane or not, and they run with it.
I’m fine with both. Open carry also helps avoid problems like accidental exposure. If someone is carrying concealed and accidentally exposes it, our open carry law has them covered.
These nuts probably think abstinence is weird and scary....
I agree. It's interesting how some folks around here purport to be all out constitutionalists and supporters of every ones rights under the Constitution EXCEPT where they disagree on some aspect of the 2nd, open carry to wit. They seem to think their way is the most correct way and how dare any one else disagree with them on this petty issue. Just how is that different from those who say no one should be able to own or even carry firearms.
I would only caution them to be careful for they wish for. If you refuse to support the open carry folks (or at least refrain from criticizing openly OC issues) then don't be surprised when the anti-gunners come for your right to conceal carry. Those fine folks you like to write off as 'crazies' may not be around to support your version of the 2nd Amendment later when the anti-gunners for for your rights.
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