Does anyone here open carry?

[kmrtnsn]

Advertising that one has guns in this day and age is not a wise course of action. You never know who follows you home and then watches you leave so they can ransack the remainder of your gun collection.

[ST911]

I don't OC, and don't advocate it. No one needs to know what, and how, I carry.

[kmrtnsn]

Advertising that one has guns in this day and age is probably not a wise course of action. You never know who follows you home and then watches you leave so they can ransack the remainder of your gun collection. Concealed carry is a better way to go.

[warpigM-4]

I don't OC, and don't advocate it. No one needs to know what, and how, I carry.

+1 nobody needs to know what i have

[Iraqgunz]

I open carry when I am camping or hiking. Otherwise I keep it covered.

[John_Wayne777]

Open carry requires a much higher level of situational awareness that most people simply aren't prepared to live when openly carrying.

[SteyrAUG]

Only right after a hurricane when it is "tolerated." It isn't legal here.

Wish it was, attempting to conceal in FL weather is a rather pointless en devour. If you are gonna open carry, remember some folks will be deterred and others will be tempted. The kind that will be tempted are all of the very dangerous variety.

Weapon retention has to always be on your mind.

[Macx]

Very rarely do I OC, unless it is the short trips like to the mailbox or dumpster. Perhaps a walk around the neighborhood after dark. Generally, +1 to all ya'll that keep it covered. I support the right but don't encourage the practice as a normal mode of carry.

I am very thankful my state's carry law has

Subd. 23.Exclusivity.This section sets forth the complete and exclusive criteria and procedures for the issuance of permits to carry and establishes their nature and scope. No sheriff, police chief, governmental unit, government official, government employee, or other person or body acting under color of law or governmental authority may change, modify, or supplement these criteria or procedures, or limit the exercise of a permit to carry.

And that has prevented the cities from passing ordinances that would make our very well written law . . . less.

[eXistenZ]

There is probably no more hotly debated topic between carriers than Open vs. Concealed. Well, maybe 9mm vs 45 but that's another rant. I do both as my state rocks and it's legal for either, permit optional.

Both have their places. There are times when you shouldn't OC and there are times where it's fine. I have been around quiet a few LE while OC'ing and have received ZERO problems. I have OC'd around the Governor and the State Troopers guarding her never gave me a second look.

Most of the time people think I'm LE. I'm fit, well dressed, and short hair. People coming up and asking me if I was an officer has led to some great discussions where I've been able to help educate people about their rights.

You're experiences may greatly vary as I am in one of the best states for firearms and open carrying.

Nothing makes me more sick that gun owners who are anti-open carry advocates. They are just as bad as the liberal gun grabbers trying to force their views on me. If you don't want to then don't, but why on earth would you try and hamper my right to OC? You either support our rights to carry both openly and concealed or you don't, there is NO middle ground.

[bkb0000]

You either support our rights to carry both openly and concealed or you don't, there is NO middle ground.

i agree, but i fully understand why people don't like it. there's two ways to look at gun rights- 1, we need to be open and loud about it- use it or lose it. 2, we need to keep D/L, because all the liberals only tollerate our 2nd Amendment, and drawing attention is sure to draw the unwanted type.

both are right, too.

i don't OC, as a rule.. if for no other reason than because i would be....... embarassed, for lack of a better term. it's all i'd be able to think about, like a big ass sore thumb. i suppose if i lived someplace where it was more common, i'd probably go for it.

i do OC when hiking/hunting/backpacking, and i do OC around my property. i'll even OC over to my neighbors, in my truck, sometimes i'll hop out of my truck at the gas station without my jacket on and OC or a minute (we have gas pumpers in oregon, but i always unlock my own gas cap 'cause the retards always try to force the key in backwards). so it happens. but that's about it.

by buddy has been trying to get me to go OC around Portland, OR.... one of the most lib cities in the US, if my estimation is correct. i generally try to stay the hell away from that place- going there with the intent to rile people up just doesn't appeal to me.