Open or concealed carry?

American Thinker ^ | 11 May, 2024 | Mike McDaniel

[Phlyer]

For me, the primary benefit of open carry being allowed in my state is that I can carry concealed and not get into problems if my gun is accidentally exposed.

Exactly! There is another similar advantage. I live in Texas and sometimes it gets hot enough that I slip off my jacket or covering shirt and my pistol shows. I never do that in 'open' areas (meaning, with a lot of general public), but if I'm working on our RV in the storage lot, or taking things in and out of my car at home, then I'm not paranoid about hiding my pistol, nor taking it off and storing it somewhere for that short time.

But open carry is like wearing gaudy, apparently expensive watches or jewelry. It gives someone an incentive to try to rob you, and I don't think anyone is invulnerable to an ambush-attack planned in advance to steal the weapon. On the other hand, if you *might* have a weapon, then the bad guys *might* choose an easier target. To that end, even if I'm not carrying because I'm going somewhere I can't, I often wear a jacket just so they don't know.

[CodeToad]

“Open carry makes you the first target of the bad guy with a bad plan.”

Open carry means the bad guy skips it and moves on to some other place without a gun pointed back at them.

[NorthMountain]

The AK-50 actually works!

Just another thing on the list of things I want but can’t afford ...

[GailA]

Have they named or determined if this 16-year-old is a Tranny?

Gunman arrested at Louisiana church during First Communion Mass
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-69004988

Parishioners stopped teen with a rifle from entering church with 60 children inside
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/parishioners-louisiana-stopped-teen-rifle-church-childrens-mass-rcna151925?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0QWKKZtOxauV7nlFi790Ew4jSoPBafSsG065Zhuuhht934Cuii6_yli2E_aem_AZ7kJ87SCYDt0kFTeAoFO2B2j-E6sQUNb94rZSBs1E_EqYw5ZPvEvUGTbz0pui_zg0qtj1hyDTaSIn3Zxk3go7YT

[GailA]

I do both, depending on where I am. Shelby Co (Memphis) conceal. Atoka, Tipton Co Either way.

[MtnClimber]

Have they named or determined if this 16-year-old is a Tranny?

I have heard no mention of the gender which seems unusual.

[Lazamataz]

Open or concealed carry?

Yes.

[MtnClimber]

I have done both. I live in FL now so OC is not legal. The thing I like about OC is that it allows carry of a full sized handgun, which I prefer.

[GailA]

A male was mentioned. But that is all, being 16 it will be kept on the QT as long as they can.

[GailA]

Any updates on this story? He was sent to the hospital for a mental evaluation and released on NO BAIL. 16 so no other info was released. Only that he was a he.

Parishioners stopped teen with a rifle from entering church with 60 children inside

Children were inside St. Mary Magdalen in Abbeville, Louisiana, waiting to take their first Holy Communion, the church said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/parishioners-louisiana-stopped-teen-rifle-church-childrens-mass-rcna151925

[MtnClimber]

I have heard no updates. Just crickets.