[Bryanw92]

The court is right to CONCEALED carry. There is a constitutional right to BEAR ARMS. That means open carry. Concealed carry is an infringement of the right that we have accepted in the past out of a sense of social responsibility (i.e. we didn’t want to scare the wussy hoplophobes too much). I’d rather carry openly because that lets me carry a much bigger gun!

[little jeremiah]

Why doesn’t the 2nd Amendment cover the choice to carry a weapon concealed? Looks like infringment to me.

To always carry openly is not easy, for instance in the winter.

Sheesh.

[DocH]

To bear arms means to CARRY them. The 2nd Amendment does not prescribe in which way that carrying is done, so whether you carry openly or concealed, or at port arms, or slung over your shoulder, etc. is the law of the land. End of discussion.

Carrying concealed not only prevents alarming the uninformed, hand-wringing, bed-wetting sheep amongst us, as well as overzealous and/or uninformed (as to the law) law enforcement officers, it also gives the carrier a tactical advantage.

The same way that a LONE armed, UNIFORMED security guard may be the first to be neutralized and removed as a threat to a bank robber, a citizen utilizing open carry may be taken out and his/her firearm stripped from them. Better to have the advantage of surprise.