I CC because don't want to be responsible for a flooding dispatch with calls of "Some guy with a gun."
Must be an Ohio thing.
I CC because don't want to be responsible for a flooding dispatch with calls of "Some guy with a gun."
I guess.Must be an Ohio thing.
I Open carry as it is leagle to do so here!
I feel that if we don't exercise a right we WILL lose it! That's why we have so many 'Man with gun calls '! As the citizens don't know the law, most over react to the situation which results in illegal TERRY stops &MWG calls that endanger peaceful law abiding citizens & the Police that respond to them! I get way more people who when they find out they can Open carry, state they will start doing so! OPEN CARRY ALL THE WAY!
OP said:Do you OC or CC and why
Open Carry is legal in the state of Alabama, however I can think of only one instance where I saw anyone OC and ironically enough it was at a OC event at a local gun store. Most weapons were unloaded of course.
This is why I don't OC, as Woody Harelson says "Don't shoot me with my own gun!"
http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/l...cle_5971f160-05d5-11e3-b11c-0019bb30f31a.html
Warp said:Just curious...do you realize how extraordinarily rare that is?
Like, as in, I think that's the only case we even know of
Good point beatledog.Re: post 6. There is nothing truly new to say on a great number of topics we discuss all the time. Perhaps we should ask the mods to just shut down the forum then.
Just curious...do you realize how extraordinarily rare that is?
Do you know how rare it is for someone to even need their firearm? There are plenty of us here who have been carrying for years and, luckily, never needed their firearms in a self or home defense situation. The CDC tells us that about 2 million times a year, a legal firearm is used by a legal person for self or home defense, outside law enforcement use.
The very fact we carry is a sign we accept the rarity of the situation we carry for.
Why carry at all? Seeing how RARE it is?
Your own weapon used against you is the rarest of the rare, the real question is, why chance it by carrying your weapon so all can see?
Tactically I see no benefit to open carry. And all the stats and surveys supports this. There is only one real benefit to OC: easier to find holsters since OC carry does not place any value on concealment and less on comfort.
Tactically I see no benefit to open carry. And all the stats and surveys supports this. There is only one real benefit to OC: easier to find holsters since OC carry does not place any value on concealment and less on comfort.
Fact: 60% of convicted felons admitted that they avoided committing crimes when they knew the victim was armed. 40% of convicted felons admitted that they avoided committing crimes when they thought the victim might be armed.
In the real world, if the criminal is 20% more likely to leave me alone because they KNOW I am armed, rather than having to guess, why would I not play those odds? My primary goal isn't to be able to defend myself against an attack, my primary goal is to keep that attack from ever beginning in the first place.
Not that it makes any huge difference in the odds, but I know of at least one other case where a non-LEO was attacked and his openly carried gun stolen.Just curious...do you realize how extraordinarily rare that is?
Like, as in, I think that's the only case we even know of?
Sure, that's what we all want. But OC doesn't insure that you won't be attacked. Gun store robberies, OC gun grabs and attacks on LEOs prove that beyond a shadow of doubt. It very likely makes it a good deal less probable but it certainly doesn't rule it out.My primary goal isn't to be able to defend myself against an attack, my primary goal is to keep that attack from ever beginning in the first place.
Largely this.I do not open carry, for three reasons.
1. I do not want to advertise my ace card to any criminal that may be profiling me.
2. I do not want the general public to know I'm a gun owner (I've been burglarized in the past)
3. I do not want to be targeted by some over-zealous trigger-happy LEO who doesn't know the law when it comes to OC.
I feel comfortable around other people who OC, I'm just not a fan of doing it myself. I live in AZ, so seeing people OC is a daily occurrence.
I agree with you. But that rare criminal who is not deterred but instead targets you even tho' he knows you are armed (or perhaps because of it) is not someone you want to mess with.