Why I don't open-carry...

[Squeeze]

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For some reason the embedding of YouTube videos is not working from my PC. So, here is the link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx_YUO4SzcY

[jackthewall81]

I have seen this video before. Unless you are a dumb ass, I think you will be just fine open carrying.

[Sharpienads]

Man that's like adding insult to injury. That sucks.

[Tinelement]

Son of a beetch.....


Had to be from Wisconsin didn't he!


[Rant1]

[Eggysrun]

Should of gotten a better holster.

[Sharpienads]

Should of gotten a better holster.

Or learned to use the one he had.

[KevDen2005]

Or crushed the dude's skull with those giant arms

[birddog]

Woops.

[Sharpienads]

Or crushed the dude's skull with those giant arms

Those things were huge (so to speak), but that wasn't the guy that got mugged.

[KevDen2005]

Those things were huge (so to speak), but that wasn't the guy that got mugged.


My bad, I thought they were one in the same...I should have paid more attention, the guy with the big arms still has his gun

[Ronin13]

Saw this some time ago... I shake my head.

[claimbuster]

Open carry just attracts trouble. Just like my belly button, I don't show mine to anyone unless there is no other choice. [ROFL1]

[Squeeze]

Open carry just attracts trouble. Just like my belly button, I don't show mine to anyone unless there is no other choice. [ROFL1]

EXACTLY. The argument I always here proponents for open-carry is: "It's your right and if you don't use it, you lose it". That statement is (as a good friend of mine put it) "...five pounds of unsound attention-whoring bullshit in a three pound bag."

I've said it time and time again, if the assailant sees you're armed and he is dedicated to his actions then congratulations - you are the first to die, bottom line. I DON'T want the assailant to know I'm armed until those copper jacketed hollow-headed friends of mine are their way towards him at a high rate of speed.

Not to mention the looks and alarm caused by open-carrying in a place where the gun fearing public gathers in large masses. In a lot of cases I also have my beautiful 3 year-old son with me and the last thing I need is to draw negative attention to myself while carrying. Here's a thought, say a dirtbag sees you're carrying. You have your child in your arms. So he walks up on you and sticks a gun in you face demanding you wallet, cell phone, keys, etc. So are you gonna risk going for your blaster and possibly causing the assailant to fire and hit your child? I would certainly hope the hell not. Up the anty and say you are out with your wife and child. These are all real variables in ALL of our daily lives. My family and my life are far more valuable to risk bringing un-needed negative attention when I have a firearm on my side. So feel free to condemn me because I don't promote "open carry" and I think it's foolish.

[Tim8204]

Spot on: Open carry in urban areas is questionable. It just makes the armed person a target for the motivated criminal and needlessly alarms the general public. The open carry advocates forget the most basic rule: surprise + a little skill + motivation = a win. Just my 2 cents.

[Ronin13]

Squeeze, you pretty much just put it in probably the best terms possible. Why would anyone want to draw attention to themselves as a potential threat when SHTF (and I'm not talking big SHTF, I'm talking in smaller cases like 7-Eleven robberies and the like)? If the BG knows you're armed he's going to either A)target you first, or B)not act there... do you really want to place all your chips on the B bet? I'd rather a BG not know I'm armed until it's much too late to do anything about it. [UZI]

[spyder]

Never had a problem with open carry, I'm also not paranoid. I know several people who open carry without a single problem. Plus, for me anyway, it's a good way to show the libratards that see me that not only "psycho's" have guns.

[Ronin13]

Never had a problem with open carry, I'm also not paranoid. I know several people who open carry without a single problem. Plus, for me anyway, it's a good way to show the libratards that see me that not only "psycho's" have guns.

Valid, because I know that I OC every day I head to work (mainly because my attire doesn't permit CC)... I think by now everyone who sees me thinks I'm a detective or something- I dress in very professional attire (not tie but close) and have my Glock on my hip, so I won't be mistaken for a thug, unless of course someone suspects me of being a crips' accountant [LOL]

[islandermyk]

I open carry a lot... I do plan out my routes and I move through that planned route quick.

I hate standing in a spot for more than 5 minutes or more, and if I do... I try to keep my ass covered by growing eyes in the back of my head [Coffee]

[anomad]

Not all open carry situations are created equal.

Hiking, driving in the car, mowing your back yard or working around the house... Great places to open carry.

[spyder]

Not all open carry situations are created equal.

Hiking, driving in the car, mowing your back yard or working around the house... Great places to open carry.
Said by someone who is:
A) Afraid
B) Reads too much BS news

[anomad]

Said by someone who is:
A) Afraid
B) Reads too much BS news


Come to think of it, I haven't seen any news that isn't bullshit in a long time.

[Ronin13]

Said by someone who is:
A) Afraid
B) Reads too much BS news

You forgot to mention
C) Realizes that anti's are spreading and/or realizes sometimes the hassle isn't worth it... IWB FTW!
Sorry had to. [Beer]

[spyder]

You forgot to mention
C) Realizes that anti's are spreading and/or realizes sometimes the hassle isn't worth it... IWB FTW!
Sorry had to. [Beer]
I still don't get the hassle of open carry.... If people mean that it's the cops being called, they should see it as a good thing. One, you know that some scared lib will call the cops on some gang banger pos if they see one with a gun, that's good because you know they are doing their part in trying to keep the shit off the streets. Two, now if you're not dressed like tard open carrying, they will see that normal people also carry guns, so gun people are not all psycho's. This will come after you chat with the popo, and they let you go, the lib will see that you are A-OK. The only loss, is of your time. Seriously, how many times has that happened anyway for everyone to be screaming that it is a hassle?

[Ronin13]

I still don't get the hassle of open carry.... If people mean that it's the cops being called, they should see it as a good thing. One, you know that some scared lib will call the cops on some gang banger pos if they see one with a gun, that's good because you know they are doing their part in trying to keep the shit off the streets. Two, now if you're not dressed like tard open carrying, they will see that normal people also carry guns, so gun people are not all psycho's. This will come after you chat with the popo, and they let you go, the lib will see that you are A-OK. The only loss, is of your time. Seriously, how many times has that happened anyway for everyone to be screaming that it is a hassle?

I personally, in all the instances of OC, have never been hassled by the PD, but it will only take one time to be one time too many. What if I'm running late somewhere, or what if I just don't feel like I need to take 5-15 minutes (department depending) out of my day to explain why I'm carrying? I feel that alone is what would aggravate me about stupid libtard anti-gun assholes. Really I'd rather just avoid it and be CC... YMMV

[spyder]

I personally, in all the instances of OC, have never been hassled by the PD, but it will only take one time to be one time too many. What if I'm running late somewhere, or what if I just don't feel like I need to take 5-15 minutes (department depending) out of my day to explain why I'm carrying? I feel that alone is what would aggravate me about stupid libtard anti-gun assholes. Really I'd rather just avoid it and be CC... YMMV
I get what you're saying, but, you can't say anything about the hassle, because you've never had to go through it. Right? I've walked by cops while open carrying, they see me and the gun, nod, we all smile, and keep going our way. Now if I were wearing some kind of red bandana on my head, with sagging pants, and walking like I have a weird limp, I can see how I might have a problem with that situation... [Tooth]

I look at it as, it's a hassle when everyone has gone through it, or it IS going to happen to you more times than not. Then it's a hassle.

I had a pos exploder that was a hassle, the damn thing died all the time, and killed it's batteries every time I bought a new one for it (something in the wiring). Dealing with that pos on a daily basis (had to buy a portable jump start box), was a hassle, so I got rid of it. Now looking at this differently from another point of view... Why would I get rid of it or stop driving it (going with mine has never had a problem) if someone else had a problem with it once, maybe even twice at some point? Out of the hundreds out there in the state, with only a hand full having problems, should I stop get rid of it then? Is it really a hassle? Or is someone blowing shit out of proportion? Even if it gets a dead battery on me once, should I stop get rid of it? Do you see what I mean?

I just don't get why people blow the open carry crap out of proportion, that's all.

[fitz19d]

Seriously, how many times has that happened anyway for everyone to be screaming that it is a hassle?

0 times in 6 years, a few polite curious questions from folk in lines. Granted I don't go out a whole lot.

Wearing something above Larry the cable guy quality clothes helps a lot. That and many people are surprisingly good about not even noticing.

Granted I'm becoming more paranoid about some moronic california or jersey transplant causing me grief. (I may behaved but doesnt mean they won't lie to dispatch.) Bad enough where I just moved to has a number of new residents with either coexist stickered subaru's or unwashed jersey plated audi's. Can't wait to see next time I'm packing out the arsenal to the car for a range trip.