Understand that open carry is more of a political statement than a defensive posture.
Only when fishing at the higher up rivers.
I carry open daily, I carry in a retention holster. I’m also very aware of my surroundings. Touch my pistol and there’s a good chance you will die! I’m a Vietnam Vet and a Veteran of law enforcement. I’m an old man with little patience for idiot’s. The choice is your’s!
The guy in this video may as well left his pistol laying on the trunk lid of his car. Too dumb to carry.
I concealed carry almost 99+% of the time and only open carry if I'm in the woods or if I want to make a statement.
When I open carry, I'm also carrying one they don't see.
I've rarely seen the tactical advantage of open carrying. When I first started going to Tea Party Rallies, I open carried, but that was more in line with my friends.
Usually a group of 5-8 would agree to open carry and when we did we always stayed in groups of at least 3 so we could watch the crowd and each others back.
I can't imagine a worse feeling than being blindsided, overpowered, and taken down with your own weapon. AAARRRRGGGHHHHH.
I fully believe that open carry is a right but I don’t do it. I think it just makes you a target.
Open carry when you jolly well please and do not worry what anyone else thinks about it. Those assigning motives here are like the leftists who say that you are armed because you are filled with self-doubt about your own “manhood” shall we say.
Really appreciate John Correia and I subscribe to his channel. Every situation has multiple lessons though, and it is a mistake to treat this situation as if the only lesson were to never open carry without a retention holster.
Transition spaces. Our victim is completely focused on his car. It is hard, but when you are in transition spaces, that is when you are most vulnerable, and you must pay attention.
Counter ambush. Normally when a man has the drop on you, you submit until there is a chance to launch a counter ambush. However, this man has not merely stolen money or property, but he has taken my gun! I will not allow this, perhaps at the cost of my life, yes, but absolutely at the cost of his. I am NOT afraid to die. I am NOT afraid to go to jail. I believe that I am likely to survive the wound that he inflicts on me as I attack and kill him.
Ankle carry. What an ideal situation from which to draw a backup! As you turn and rise your point shooting skills come into play. After you empty your backup gun in him, will you be able to reload?
Anyway, how often does this actually happen? Anyone know? Do we make a blanket condemnation against open carry because of this video? How do we even know he was open carrying? What if he just took off his jacket or covering garment to work on his car? Are you scared for anyone to ever see your pistol? You ever get out of your car and put on your jacket? Do you disarm every time you work on your car?
Lots of tactical advantage.
Open carry offers tactical deterrence.
Concealed carry does not. Many concealed carriers have been attacked, because they attacker thought they were unarmed.
Both methods offer advantages.
The advantages are different for each method.
It is not even clear if this is deliberate open carry or bad concealed carry.
It looks like it could be the latter to me, because of the position of the gun (behind the right hip) and the t-shirt, which easily could ride up over an in-the-waist-band holster. It is clear the gun was in a holster.
This is described at open carry. It may have been just a bad case of concealed carry.
In either case, open carry behind your back, in a holster without any retention, is a bad idea.
For that matter, concealed carry in a holster without some sort of retention is a bad idea.
The only place I feel the temptation to open carry is if I ever make it out to Tombstone, Arizona. And I would do it with my Uberti SAA in a hand tooled leather rig.
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