[Pearls Before Swine]

“Weird and scary?” More like foolish—it’s showing your hole card. Concealed is better—keeps ‘em guessing.

[defconw]

We are an open carry state. I have a concealed carry license. I would rather not invite trouble. I feel more secure knowing I have it. No one else needs to know.

[cripplecreek]

When guns are hidden, bad guys do not know which potential victim might be armed. Hence there is a practical advantage to keeping your gun out of sight, aside from avoiding a panic at Starbucks.

There used to be a few bed wetters here at FR who pimped that view but we don't hear from them much anymore.

I'm all for open and concealed carry together. Keep criminals guessing with concealed carry and remind them with open carry.

[RWB Patriot]

I don’t think it’s wise to advertise your guns openly, but that is second-place to the fact that open carry does not violate anyone’s rights (unless the gun grabbers feel there is a right not to worry about piddling their undies at the mere sight of a gun), ergo, there should be no law against it (laws are meant to protect rights, nothing more and nothing less).

[hadaclueonce]

Texas would have open carry for hand guns but Richard Perry said no.

[sauropod]

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[Kickass Conservative]

In CA, we had a whole bunch of Open Carry advocates staging demonstrations at Restaurants and other Venues.

It was Legal here at the time, (but not in Texas?), so all it accomplished was getting the Liberals in Sacramento all worried and created a State wide call to action.

The Open Carry “Demonstrations” did nothing but give the Libtards a big issue and the ammunition (pardon the pun) to make Open Carry Illegal, for both Pistols and Long Guns, which they did.

In the end, the Libs won and we lost. It accomplished less than nothing. Give Liberals any excuse, sane or not, and they run with it.

[Politicalkiddo]

These nuts probably think abstinence is weird and scary....

[Brother Cracker]

I have this crutch gun.....I’m old

http://i.imgur.com/ivPCFsF.jpg

[central_va]

You got a problem?

[familyop]

Allow open carry to be outlawed, and you’ll eventually lose your permission to carry concealed. Many will fall to previously unrealized realities during the years to come. The current expenses of government are unaffordable by far.

[ctdonath2]

I have no problem with open carry involving mundane purposes and suitable equipment.

It’s the ones deliberately being irritating/scary with non-sequitur gear that does our cause harm.

Drive what you like, and wear what you like, but driving a steamroller & wearing a bikini to the opera, well, don’t be surprised if people don’t act normal around you. Ditto for carrying a tricked out AR15 to the local burrito shop with the sole purpose of agitating the regulars.

[Nachoman]

I have a CCW and an FFL and support open carry, but this group is doing more to set back the movement than advance it. This is a dangerous world, and causing fear and anxiety in people is not going to win anybody over to the cause.