Good step in the right direction, the “printing” and “flashing” need to be addressed but I for one don’t care about the idea of everyone seeing I have a weapon.
Concealed is good and way past time for it.
Imagine a 70 year old female with a 45 strapped to her hip and how easy it would be to disarm her.
I’m not against open carry- as thugs and scum criminals will think twice knowing that folks are armed to the teeth and can and will fight back- the sight is a deterrent
The downside is that a thug might be dumb enough to target an open carrier and try to steal the weapon possibly-
“Imagine a 70 year old female with a 45 strapped to her hip and how easy it would be to disarm her.“
Maybe 20-30 years ago that would be a safe statement. Not today. 70 yo today for the most part, are in much better physical condition.
I guarantee you my 79 yo spouse is in much, much better shape than my mother was at 62. And I bet it’s the same in your world.
The only thing a woman that age has to fear is unawareness of their surroundings. Any of my wife’s friends, my wife or any of my adult daughters, all CCW holders, are at an age, nobody is going to walk up to them and try and take anything without getting shot first. Don’t “F” around with old bitties. You might not like what you find out.
“Good step in the right direction, the “printing” and “flashing” need to be addressed but I for one don’t care about the idea of everyone seeing I have a weapon.”
I carry a Ruger GP-100 in .357 with a 4 inch barrel. I carry that because that is what I have. It was given to me. I do not have another pistol. It is big pistol! I carry at the 6:00 just above the waist.
I went to Temu (Chinese Amazon/walmart.com and bough several t-shirt hoodies. These are the things people wear to keep the sun off their arms at the beach. They are very light weight and in 4different colors. They don’t look suspicious or out of place in a casual setting in sunny Houston. They completely cover the weapon. But it is still easy to reach.
Does the GP-100 print? Yeah boy! It is many things, but a small concealable weapon it is not. But I have found most people are oblivious. If they don’t see it directly they don’t register that it is a gun. They see a bulge and figure cellphone, or something.
A couple of months ago I was in line at the grocery store on the way home from church. The sweater I was wearing (Not the longer hoodies) had caught on the holster and exposed the gun. I hadn’t noticed. I noticed a lady behind me trying to corral her children away from me in the checkout line. I asked if there was a problem. She was afraid of the weapon. Normally I would have offered a 1/2 hearted apology. and covered the weapon. No big deal. But the big Hispanic guy behind her laughed and said, “Don’t let the kids near me either!” He opened his sports jacket so she could see the what looked like a .45. Then a woman in the next aisle added, “Or me!” and pulled a small semi-auto with pink plastic grips out of her purse.
I thought the lady behind me was going to have a hear attack.