If You Could Open Carry A Carbine...

[SteyrAUG]

If you could open carry a practical carbine legally, would you? And if you would, how often or under what circumstances.

There are places in the US where this is currently legal. Here is a video example of a guy lawfully open carrying an AK.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUd_00Xrf_U

Btw, please don't turn this into a LE thread. The subject is lawful open carry of a rifle or carbine.

[mr_smiles]

I can't think of a pro for doing so unless I'm in the middle of a war.

Really do you want to carry around 7+ pounds if you don't have to? There's a reason I don't carry a purse even if I could pull it off with my beard - hell I don't even carry a wallet. I like being light on my feet.

[RogerinTPA]

I'd like the option to, but outside of civil unrest, natural disaster or alien invasion, I'd keep it as a trunk gun and count on my CCW for most other practical situations.

[chadbag]

I think that a concealed carbine in a gig bag, or other discrete carry form (ie BDG DAP bags) is much more practical. You don't draw attention to yourself but have it at the ready.

[bkb0000]

i think carrying a carbine is legal in most places... is it not? i know for a fact, if i wanted to, i could go walking down the street with a carbine here in oregon. i'd likely find myself interacting with police on some level, and likely making a spectacle of myself either way- THIS is why i dont.

[Sry0fcr]

I don't like the options. I would only carry a carbine around on my person if it were some kind of disaster/SHTF scenario. Even then I wouldn't want the attention it'd bring and would like to keep it at least semi-concealed. Which brings me back to my search for a rifle cartridge PDW type weapon.

[Skyyr]

i think carrying a carbine is legal in most places... is it not? i know for a fact, if i wanted to, i could go walking down the street with a carbine here in oregon. i'd likely find myself interacting with police on some level, and likely making a spectacle of myself either way- THIS is why i dont.

It actually is legal in most areas. The problem is that most people, cops included, don't know this, so they'll still arrest you and then charge you with public disturbance after the fact.

But, as the OP said, let's not turn this into an LE thread.

I'd prefer to open carry a handgun and keep the AR in my trunk for SHTF moments or when going outdoors in the country. Between the choices, however, I'd pick "Daily."

[SteyrAUG]

I don't like the options. I would only carry a carbine around on my person if it were some kind of disaster/SHTF scenario. Even then I wouldn't want the attention it'd bring and would like to keep it at least semi-concealed. Which brings me back to my search for a rifle cartridge PDW type weapon.

That would be option 2 would it not?

[500grains]

Although legal in my area, most police departments either harass the guy OCing a handgun or rifle, or arrest the guy for disorderly conduct.

[Sry0fcr]

That would be option 2 would it not?

Kinda-sorta. While I would not openly carry a carbine (or a pistol for that matter), I'm not opposed to carrying one concealed if the situation dictates.