Today I played "Open Carry"

[JohnTRourke]

I've had the same experiences you did.
Nobody even notices. (which doesn't shock me given the way most people drive).

My friend was wondering about open carry and do people freak out, etc.
so, a week or so passes and we go out to lunch, we get home, etc.

I say to him, remember when you asked about open carry?

"yeah"

well, not only did nobody notice while we went out for lunch, you didn't notice either.

[BPTactical]

I think a lot of folks are either ignorant that CO is an "open carry" state or just think you are LE.
I am happy to exercise my Constitutional right but choose to do such with discretion. As was noted earlier, LE personnel do not always understand the law they are trusted to uphold and I would just as soon NOT go through the process of educating them.

I also look at it this way- we are the "ambassadors" of the firearms world to the uneducated and as such should conduct ourselves appropriately. The clown in Aurora over the parking space is a prime example. All it takes is one asshat to reflect a bad light upon us all. This just gives the Anti's more fuel for the fire.
Why feed the fucks if we don't have to?
All it takes is one soccer mom to see your open carry and freak out "for the children" and then more negative press.
Firearms are demonized in our society today. We need to present a positive image so we can help dissuade some of the demonization.

[ghettodub]

edit, and most probably assumed you were a gay cop...

Denim Shorts, Really?

[SU405]

And went into several stores, in multiple jurisdictions.

I don't have much use for IWB, so it was a Serpa with a Glock 19. Red T-shirt and denim shorts.

I went into thrift stores, department stores, walked down a mall (entered via a door that did not prohibit carrying weapons), did an exchange at a major department store, went to a jewelry store, bought a new grill, went to a pharmacy went to a government building and used their LE storage lockers.

Went a lot of places, did a lot of things.

I ONLY got stares and looks from people who appeared to be latino, and not native to the USA. Even those stares weren't impolite.

Nobody asked me about the gun, I made sure I stayed long enough for someone to call the police. No clerk even commented on it, and while I was looking, none of them stared at it.

I have a scanner, and never heard a dispatch for me. yes, it's a trunking scanner.

In short, nobody seemed to care enough to do the old panic call to 911. Nobody gasped and ran away. Nobody pointed. No store owner acted scared or nervous, and I made a point to ask a question or ask to see something.


I live in Arapahoe County and did this in several of the cities around me.

I am still free at this moment.

Anybody else ever done this?

So I'm a little confused about the part in red?

This is what you went to the jewelry store for?


In all seriousness glad no one freaked.

I'm almost positive if I attempted the same thing the outcome would have been much different. I don't even want the attention.

[BPTactical]

So I'm a little confused about the part in red?

This is what you went to the jewelry store for?

[newracer]

All it takes is one soccer mom to see your open carry and freak out "for the children" and then more negative press.
Firearms are demonized in our society today. We need to present a positive image so we can help dissuade some of the demonization.

But if more people open carried maybe it would help change the perception and people would not freak out.

[KevDen2005]

I completely concur,
However, I do not agree with the coat-tax.

the argument that it would be mayhem and chaos in the streets and everyone would be carrying illegally is absolute crap.

sorry, dont want to get into a rant again.
I dont feel that a law abiding citizen should be penalized, harassed or required to pay a tax to exercise the 2nd.

I agree with you on that, I am a supporter of not having to pay for CCW, however I did pay because I wanted to be able to conceal and to carry in states that recognize CO.

But no one should be penalized for exercising any fundamental right, in my opinion, that's why the Framers put them there, and they didn't do it haphazardly at all, which many anti-gunners would have you believe.

[Jolly Green]

Good work, open carries make life more enjoyable!

[KevDen2005]

But if more people open carried maybe it would help change the perception and people would not freak out.

Yes as a police officer I see this often. A PD has an obligation and duty to answer a call for service, especially if it came in on a 911 line.

The most that soccer mom would have told a dispatcher is, "there is a guy with a gun," and officers have to respond and be ready for anything.

The PD is now put in a tough spot because they don't know what is going on and are responding based on that morons call. This is reality for all of us and something to think about when open-carrying, people are dumb. And the more people we get from CA and similar places, the more we can expect things like this to happen (I don't think all people from liberal places are liberal, some are moving here to get away from that).

[sniper7]

way I figure... what better place to go "Mall-Ninja" than at the mall, right?

we will bolt the 8 different flashlights on with the different colors 3 different scopes, a bi-pod, a Tripod and a Mono-pod. and dont forget the swiss-army knife attachment!

I am still pissed I am not getting ownership rights of this photo. people steal a picture of my gun and then I get nothing for it!