kanewpadle
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For those that open carry I ask, why? And can I get some decent answers other than "because I can" or "it's legal here".
I admit that I don't know much about open carry. But I do have my opinion about it. I don't see any advantages to open carry. The only disadvantages I see is that everyone knows you have a gun. There is no element of surprise. And the gun could get snatched from your holster. My opinion has been formed by talking to several guys who open carry here where I live. Everyone of them did so because they could and it was legal. They liked it when someone gave them a dirty look. They got a laugh when someone called the police about them and they got rousted. I don't see the point. Us gun lovers have a hard enough time with folks like the Brady Bunch and other gun haters. So why make it worse? Why shove the issue down their throat and give them another reason to come after us? Those open carry guys that I talked to were trying to make up for some shortcoming somewhere else and it was obvious that they did so on purpose. Some of them were just too lazy to conceal or learn to conceal a gun let alone learn to draw from concealment.
I would appreciate your views on the subject but let's keep it civil. Just remember that this is just my opinion. I don't think it's right. If you disagree then tell me why. Maybe I'll learn something.
I asked this on another forum and the thread was locked in a matter of minutes. I guess they don't know how to behave.
I thank you for your input.
I admit that I don't know much about open carry. But I do have my opinion about it. I don't see any advantages to open carry. The only disadvantages I see is that everyone knows you have a gun. There is no element of surprise. And the gun could get snatched from your holster. My opinion has been formed by talking to several guys who open carry here where I live. Everyone of them did so because they could and it was legal. They liked it when someone gave them a dirty look. They got a laugh when someone called the police about them and they got rousted. I don't see the point. Us gun lovers have a hard enough time with folks like the Brady Bunch and other gun haters. So why make it worse? Why shove the issue down their throat and give them another reason to come after us? Those open carry guys that I talked to were trying to make up for some shortcoming somewhere else and it was obvious that they did so on purpose. Some of them were just too lazy to conceal or learn to conceal a gun let alone learn to draw from concealment.
I would appreciate your views on the subject but let's keep it civil. Just remember that this is just my opinion. I don't think it's right. If you disagree then tell me why. Maybe I'll learn something.
I asked this on another forum and the thread was locked in a matter of minutes. I guess they don't know how to behave.
I thank you for your input.