Open Carry?

[Scanker19]

There was a guy carrying concealed in Ikea yesterday. It was like a big blinking sign on him too. A fanny pack on his side with a mag flashlight on his fanny pack belt. Might as well have been open carry.... lol

Maybe he's just scared of the dark.

[UberTong]

BTW, do I get any royalties for being first to put 'riffles for life' on the hoodie?

[two shoes]

I prefer to laugh at myself than get angry over little things. There are far too many other things in life that are truly bad. So save your anger or embarrassment for when it really counts.

I'm hearing you. Agreed.

[two shoes]

BTW, do I get any royalties for being first to put 'riffles for life' on the hoodie?

Winner!!!

You get to pay the 'set up' fees for the printer!!!

[nynco]

First, I get part of the royalties.... A mans gotta get rich somehow...

As to braving Ikea, I went there because I had to head to Micro Center. I went to Ikea and got some food. The foods cheap and not bad. Its different which i am always in the mood for new things. Its been years since I ate at one. Last time in DC when I was stationed there.

Traffic was not horrible, But I went there at 7 on a tues. Best time to. Not so crowded. I did make the mistake of going into the vortex of the store itself. Its laid out like a maze where you have to wander from one display to another. No way to cut past crap. I swear all I wanted was exit. If there is ever a fire, everyone is dead. There is no fast exit possible. It seemed like 4 miles of walking too. All that to get a stupid whisk for my girl.... sigh

[JackImpact]

Im going to Ikea with my girlfriends Mom o.O

I love the meatballs and Lingonberry Juice so it might be worth it, but it is a maze of doom for any mans wallet.

[hollohas]

Ya that doesnt make any sense to me. How could it be such a gun friendly state and then so anti-gun in the cities? Where does that come from? lol

California.

Edit: But if you really care how it happened, read this

The Blueprint: How the Democrats Won Colorado (and Why Republicans Everywhere Should Care)

[Squeeze]

Personally not a fan of open carry. Colorado is not a difficult state to get a CCW permit, so I say wait & get the permit. Open carry causes a lot of alarm among the sheep and has a good probability of them calling LE and then causing you to get contacted.

Another school of thought I like...I don't care if the bad guy looks me up & down and "thinks" I may be armed, but I like the idea of not completely giving it away. What I mean is, most the time I wear 5:11 pants with my Glock polo shirt & contractor hat proudly bearing my American flag patch. It may suggest I could be armed, maybe - maybe not. But for me, I don't prefer the threat know I am armed until my rounds are headed his way. If they plainly see I am carrying a firearm (open carry), I become the first target. One of the first victims in the Utoya massacre (Norway) was an off-duty police officer working as security.

This has always been my position on this topic. Some agree, some don't. I know it's all a matter of preference, but there are still a lot of people here (Denver, Boulder) that get freaked out by seeing a gun on a non-unoformed hip. An example, I got a call at my full-time job today where a patron was concerned because they were riding a bus and heard a guy talking on his cell phone about purchasing a firearm and where would be a good place to go to get one. My first response, "Really?..". Regardless, this is just my 2 cents on the topic. Take care.

[Irving]

Now to find a place to open carry without being harassed or violating any laws.

You can open carry without violating any laws, but don't count on not being harassed.

[Ronin13]

Personally not a fan of open carry. Colorado is not a difficult state to get a CCW permit, so I say wait & get the permit. Open carry causes a lot of alarm among the sheep and has a good probability of them calling LE and then causing you to get contacted.

Another school of thought I like...I don't care if the bad guy looks me up & down and "thinks" I may be armed, but I like the idea of not completely giving it away. What I mean is, most the time I wear 5:11 pants with my Glock polo shirt & contractor hat proudly bearing my American flag patch. It may suggest I could be armed, maybe - maybe not. But for me, I don't prefer the threat know I am armed until my rounds are headed his way. If they plainly see I am carrying a firearm (open carry), I become the first target. One of the first victims in the Utoya massacre (Norway) was an off-duty police officer working as security.

This has always been my position on this topic. Some agree, some don't. I know it's all a matter of preference, but there are still a lot of people here (Denver, Boulder) that get freaked out by seeing a gun on a non-unoformed hip. An example, I got a call at my full-time job today where a patron was concerned because they were riding a bus and heard a guy talking on his cell phone about purchasing a firearm and where would be a good place to go to get one. My first response, "Really?..". Regardless, this is just my 2 cents on the topic. Take care.

This! You can't argue with that logic... why stand out as a potential threat to a criminal when you can be the unassuming guy waiting for your moment to strike. A great white shark is so deadly because it uses ambush style tactics like coming up from underneath at break neck speed and catches them off guard. Sorry been watching a lot of shark week.