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I open or perhaps more correctly semi-open carry regularly.

I carry my Beretta 92 in a Sparks EX Companion iwb in the 3:00 position. With the butt of the gun showing is isn't as visible as if it is in a belt holster. Having carried it this way for about two years now I observe that very few people notice it and those that have had not had a bad reaction to seeing it.

What I do believe is that many, of not most of the member here would not want to have anything to do with me if they were to see me. Racism and stereotyping runs deep.


Not sure what prompted that last paragraph of your post. I can honestly say that not a single time on THR have I ever even wondered about a fellow members race. That has always been one of the great things about THR, none of that crap matters here.
 
Holy cow, I am reading this thread in disbelief.

Each individual has a right to personal choice. Our nation is based on freedom, and their choices for carrying or not carrying are strictly their personal business. I never concern myself over another persons personal choices that do not affect me.

That being said, I am a little disappointed that somehow race has been brought up in here as well........
 
Why would you ask someone who you think is not carrying why they aren't carrying?

I notice folks that carry, those that I don't notice may or may not be carrying. Either way I would never mention that to a stranger in public, and would expect the same courtesy.


Guess I'm completely lost on this thread...
 
Why would you ask someone who you think is not carrying why they aren't carrying?
Well, just to play devil's advocate -- not that I agree with it -- carrying could be seen as a "civic duty" in the sense that the more armed people are out and about, the more crime is deterred. The OP would be reminding the random people that he met of their civic duty.

Such an arrangement would greatly supplement the police, but at the same time make the work of the police much more complicated, sorting out the good guys from the bad guys. Besides which the ordinary citizens are not trained to be policemen. It's hard enough for them to know the laws relating strictly to their own self defense.

Something like this was tried -- but ultimately failed -- in early America with the idea of the universal militia.
Guess I'm completely lost on this thread...
You're not the only one.
 
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OP I keep watching them all to see if I can catch someone having their pants slide down and trip them up. It amazes me that it does not happen that I have witnessed as of yet. I am actually glad that they are not carrying when doing this as there might be a ND in the commotion.:p
 
Just to be clear, I don't think the OP was saying that he ever harassed someone for not carrying. I thought he wrote that he stopped himself from [or before] doing that. Maybe he harassed his brother-in-law, which I might consider if I had a sister. In any event, I'm pretty sure this isn't about confronting strangers about their not carrying. That would be psychotic. I understood this was more about our internal thoughts when we see other people in public and our thoughts are turned toward consideration of carrying. Maybe it's a normal, non-paranoid threat-assessment like someone else wrote, or maybe it's just our internal dialogue because we're conscious of carrying and sometimes wonder if other people are or we're made aware that they're probably not. It doesn't mean that our presumptions are right. They don't have to be. Our judgments about people are often biased and incomplete, but we make those assessments nevertheless about their looks, their clothes, their car, their age, their means, their background, whether they're carrying, and probably dozens of other things.
 
If life became so dangerous that I would feel endangered by not carrying, I think I would move to a safer place.
Which is why I moved out of Los Angeles. Stabbings and shootings right on my block and couldn't carry legally. Now I live in AZ where I could carry all the time but crime is thank G-d so low where I live it doesn't seem necessary. I think I like this combination of facts a lot better. :)
 
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