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I couldn't disagree more. I open carry often. I usually have at least one person who comes up to me and asks legitimate questions about the law etc. One of the best experiences I had happened two years ago. I live in a semi rural area. I went to the mailbox at the end of the driveway and a min-van I had never seen before went past me. The woman driving was a Kalifornia transplant. She saw my gun, freaked and called the Sheriff. When the Deputy showed up she was babbling incoherently, to the point where the Deputy threatened to put her in cuffs and throw her in the cruiser. Suddenly her husband shows up and gets all bent out of shape and does wind up cuffed in the cruiser. After about 20 minutes, two Deputies and a Sargent later they finally got it through their thick skulls that it was perfectly legal. Long short, they moved back to Kalifornia and the paper published a very good story about how open carry was legal and the benefits of it - very positive piece. The twofer is that there is one less Kalifornia family in my neighborhood (ones that would be completely helpless in a disaster).