All this Open Carry Talk

So many of you know that I am a more concealed carry type of guy. I don't like sharing what I have. Keep in secret-keep it safe (I stole from a member here). However, it being perfectly legal to open carry I do once in a while.

This morning I was at my friend's who lives in a horse community with several homes on 2 to 5 acre lots. He is teaching me how to ride horses. We work all night together then before I head home to go to bed we ride for a couple hours. As always I carry a gun, like in everything else I do. I happen to open carry because it feels a little easier and it is slightly more country than city so I feel more comfortable doing it.

This morning as we're riding we stopped a long the way to chat up his neighbors about horsing stuff (I stayed silent because I don't know what I'm talking about). The couple was older but very nice, then when my horse turned they saw me open carrying and became completely disgusted that I was doing so. Not that it matters in this situation, but they know I'm a police officer at this point. The guy is from Boston so I politely explained to him that it is legal in Colorado to do so. However the disgust continued, so I just left it at that.

That's my story, I was just annoyed and decided to share it.

Should have asked him if he wanted to touch it.

Good thing he wasn't carrying a gun. What a weirdo, not like you had your junk hanging out of your pants or something.

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Originally Posted by Irving

Good thing he wasn't carrying a gun. What a weirdo, not like you had your junk hanging out of your pants or something.

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Oh, I forgot to mention I wan't wearing any pants or underwear, but that shouldn't make it weird, just a pantsless guy with a gun

J/K

You were wearing socks thought right? Otherwise it would have just been weird...

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Originally Posted by spyder

You were wearing socks thought right? Otherwise it would have just been weird...

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its weird that I Agree with spyder that it would have been weird...



weird huh?

That's what happens when you get transplants moving here cause they want to try their hand at country life. Ignore em.
I had a similar situation once. Buddy and I riding down the road, stopped to chat with some people that lived down the road, who saw our guns (an SAA on my hip and another in a saddle horn holster, same for him)...
"Do you really need to ride around with those things?"
"It'd be ignorant and just plain stupid not to. Where yall from?"
"California, Orange County. Moved here last year."
"Uh huh. Well sir, this is how we do things out here. If you don't like it, nobody's forcing you to stay here."
They don't talk to us anymore [Coffee]

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Originally Posted by mcantar18c

That's what happens when you get transplants moving here cause they want to try their hand at country life. Ignore em.
I had a similar situation once. Buddy and I riding down the road, stopped to chat with some people that lived down the road, who saw our guns (an SAA on my hip and another in a saddle horn holster, same for him)...
"Do you really need to ride around with those things?"
"It'd be ignorant and just plain stupid not to. Where yall from?"
"California, Orange County. Moved here last year."
"Uh huh. Well sir, this is how we do things out here. If you don't like it, nobody's forcing you to stay here."
They don't talk to us anymore [Coffee]

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I realized there was no convincing them...I almost said something really stupid but thought, no, they already know that I am a cop, don't need that getting back to my PD. So I just said what I always say, "Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it."

And yes, I was wearing socks, would have been totally weird otherwise...

Some years ago I was up hunting near Weston pass with a couple of friends, both about 20 years older than me. We were open carrying our revolvers (our hunting sidearms) just as we usually did when hunting, or just up in the mountains. We stopped to help a couple who had slid into a ditch with their Toyota pickup. They were a little different, but nice enough, and very talkative and friendly all through our pulling them out of the ditch, right up until they happened to notice our sidearms. I saw her notice, and then freak out as calmly as she could, and point out my Ruger to her boyfriend/husband/whatever. They suddenly acted like we were escaped felons and about to do them in, and couldn't leave fast enough. As we drove down the road if my truck got within 500 yards they'd goose it and shoot off down the road. I'm sure they had quite the story about the gun totin' loonies that tried to off them in the mountains. Never mind that if we hadn't pulled them out, they would probably have been up where they were for the better part of the (very snowy and cold) day, if not longer.

It's amazing how the simple presence of a weapon suddenly changes you from a helpful, friendly person into a bloodthirsty lunatic for some people. [Rant2]

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Originally Posted by mcantar18c

That's what happens when you get transplants moving here cause they want to try their hand at country life. Ignore em.
I had a similar situation once. Buddy and I riding down the road, stopped to chat with some people that lived down the road, who saw our guns (an SAA on my hip and another in a saddle horn holster, same for him)...
"Do you really need to ride around with those things?"

They don't talk to us anymore [Coffee]

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With all due respect ma'am, we're clearly too large to be riding dogs.