Posted by NCWayne on July 18, 2016 at 08:39:06 from (173.188.169.54):
In Reply to: Open Carry posted by mj on July 17, 2016 at 21:00:39:
For all that talk down about open carry, the only reason your able to do so is because you have no experience doing it.
On my end, I've open carried, nearly every day, for about 3 years now. Believe it or not, just like concealed carry, if your not flaunting it, most people don't even notice. I have yet to have anyone that does notice speak negatively about the fact I'm carrying, or even appear 'scared'.
When it comes down to the nitty gritty, gun owners have had to fight to keep a lot of the Constitutional rights that they have tried to take from us. That being the case, why should we willingly give up a right we have just to make a handful of anti-gunners happy?
When you think about it, the only experience many people have with firearms, is what they see and hear on TV. Given that 99% of that information is inaccurate, or an outright lie, designed to make guns and gun owners into something bad, those people need a good experience to counter the bad info.
In other words, for the fact these people can see a gun, in a public place, and walk away knowing that it didn't just jump out of it's holster and shoot them (as the media would have them believe will happen) lets them leave the meeting with a more positive outlook on guns and gun owners.
Given enough good encounters, they realize that what the media is telling them is false. Eventually they get curious, and ask questions about what your carrying, and in some cases that I've heard talked about, actually become interested enough to become gun owners themselves.
On the other hand we have concealed carry. I do that too, when I feel it's more appropriate to my style of dress, or just to the situation as a whole. Thing is, when carrying concealed, no one knows I have my pistol with me but access to it is restricted where it's now when I carry open. Personally I like knowing I can get to my weapon as quickly as possible, should the need arise...but, as I said, when I feel CC is more appropriate, I will do so.....
For those that are responsible gun owners, and have legal open carry in your state, I would highly recommend doing so, if for no other reason than to get some experience. Just be prepared to answer questions, and educate those who ask them regarding the legality of it, the reason you do it, etc, etc. That said, in three years I've had maybe 6 people, out of the thousands I've encountered, even mention mine...and all were to ask me what I was carrying, and why I carried cross draw as opposed to onside. Not one negative comment to be heard, and that's after talking to Moms and their kids in line at the grocery store, guys at the local parts house, and Grandmothers in Wal-Mart.....just to name a few.....
So, open carry summed up....It's not that uncommon, it's just become somewhat taboo. However, IT'S A RIGHT for some of us......and I, for one, refuse to willingly give it up by not exercising it when, and where, legal to do so. In fact, the way I look at it, the pistol on one side of my belt is no different than the knife on the other. Both are inanimate tools that have a use. The knife I use all the time. The pistol I pray I never have to use but, like all of my other tools, I like having it just in case.
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