Open Carry - Yes or No?

[Philly]

[Southern Dad]

Open carry or concealed depends upon what I'm wearing, at the time. If I'm wearing a suit as I do for work, my weapon is generally hidden by my jacket. If I'm wearing slacks and a shirt, my holster will be visible. I've carried most of my adult life and rarely had anyone taken aback by it. I believe a lot depends on how you carry yourself and how you are dressed. As you mentioned above, you thought the guy was an odd duck before you knew he had a weapon.

Now here, within the county, chances are pretty good that I know the owner or manager of the establishment. That is the advantage of a small town. Our neighbor's version of George Zimmerman drives a four wheel drive red and black golf cart. He's that odd duck that you talk about. Late sixties, bearded, ball cap… Usually carrying a .45 caliber revolver in a very low western style holster. He's got a walking stick and one of those multi cell black flashlights, not the new LED type but the old seriously heavy ones. He's legal, he has a GCL and has attended training not only in firearms but paramedics, too. Big difference between him and Zimmerman? He calls for both LEO back up and neighborhood back up. He says he's not a hero.

[Spider]

Let my permit expire. Honestly, I've never felt any need to walk around strapped all the time. There were two instances where I carried: When I went out to help a shady looking guy who was broken down way out in the sticks, and another time with a friend when doing a large cash transaction for a car with some seedy seeming people. And both of those times it was just my own paranoia.

That said, I feel about one hundred times better about a responsible adult who took the time take the class and pass the test carrying than the other 95% of people stumbling around out there, trying to use firearms as fashion accessories or political statements.

[Decypher]

[Tejada]

[Kane]

The people most passionate about open carry are those that shouldn't have the power to do so in the first place. They openly display their support in ways that demonstrates their own lack of awareness.

[Tejada]