[wagglebee]

there has been an increasing movement among a segment of legally-armed citizens to carry unloaded sidearms in plain view.

This makes no sense whatsoever.

[brent13a]

there has been an increasing movement among a segment of legally-armed citizens to carry unloaded sidearms in plain view.
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This makes no sense whatsoever.

Agreed. I can see the act of doing so from the 2nd Amendment Activist point of view. I'm a police officer in the last state in the Union that doesn't have some sort of logical Open Carry or CCW law whatsoever. Even most police officers I know call Illinois "The Red State" as in 'red'='commie'.

However, I think that this would be an act best done in a setting conducive to all peoples involved. Like at a 2nd Amendment Rally where everyone knows what is going on and whats up. Randomly doing this down a street, looking for a confrontation with ANY police officer has a high probability that the act isn't going to end up being conducive for that person or their movement.

And in the end, you might be able to carry it 'open' but you still can't use it.

[Teacher317]

there has been an increasing movement among a segment of legally-armed citizens to carry unloaded sidearms in plain view.
This makes no sense whatsoever.

It's called incrementalism. It's how the Left has been destroying our fundamental freedoms for over a century. It's a good first step.