CajunBass
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I never think about it. Open carry is legal here, and I practice it about half the time anyway. If someone happens to "make me" more power to them. From my experience, nobody really seems to give a hoot.
Just for sake of argument, the proper term is "concealed carry". Printing obviously removes "concealed" from this right.
Texas does not have open carry and is obsessive about printing.
INTENTIONALLY fails to conceal. Again so broad all one needs to prove is that the "printing", or even open display (shirt blew up) is unintentional.
Case law can mean a lot (in California, it has really limited the scope of some anti-gun laws). I don't know about the case law.
There might not be any. If nobody is ever charged with a "gray area" violation, then there isn't any.
As the law is written, though, it certainly sounds like what the authors intend to prohibit is someone sticking a gun under a tight t-shirt so it's clearly visible, on purpose, so he can use it to threaten other people.
Most states have laws that prohibit using a firearm to threaten another person except when that other person is committing, or intends to commit, a felony, or an assault, or some specific crime or crimes, with details varying from state to state.
However, carrying a gun that's intentionally "printing" could be a way to circumvent that law. "I never pointed the gun at my neighbor," wouldn't be a valid defense if someone was clearly threatening his neighbor by "printing."
I believe that, in Idaho, it is specifically illegal to return to the scene of an argument with an openly-carried firearm, even when holstered. The purpose of the law is the same: to make it illegal to use a firearm in a way that a reasonable person would consider to be an intentional threat. Normally, it would be perfectly legal to open carry in almost any situation or place, Idaho law and the state Constitution.
I care because I don't want people bugging me about it. I'm out and about to conduct my own freakin' business, not get continual questions of "What's that? Why do you need a.....a....GUN!!!", etc.
To me avoiding "anything" that lets others know that I am carrying concealed is of paramount importance. To go to the trouble to achieve an effective concealed carry and then give it all away by allowing printing (which is totally avoidable with just a little care) lacks both care and intelligence. To me it is very, very important that printing be avoided at all times.
Yes, it is totally avoidable when you carry a .32 Mouse Gun buried away somewhere giving you a 2-3 second draw time. I'd rather trade off a tiny bit of concealment for a real gun that I can get to quickly. My 5" 1911 carried OWB has never gotten me unwanted attention. To me carrying an ineffective weapon in an ineffective manner shows a lack of both care and intelligence. I'm making the assumption that when you say "effective concealed carry" you're talking about effectively concealing, not being able to effectively utilize your weapon...To go to the trouble to achieve an effective concealed carry and then give it all away by allowing printing (which is totally avoidable with just a little care) lacks both care and intelligence.
That's very nice. Everyone's entitled to their own opinion. What I'd like to know is WHY? What's going to happen to you if 1 person out of 100 even notices an odd shape and only 1 out of 100 of those people even consider it might be a gun? How is that worth the trade offs in effectiveness?To me it is very, very important that printing be avoided at all times.