Open Carry Question

[ryanek9freak]

I'd like to open carry with an inside the waist band holster, but I can't.

I've open carried once with an outside the waistband holster and my shirt and jacket weren't low enough to cover the gun.

I don't know how you guys can stand those things, and it would seem that you'd have to buy a bunch of new, bigger pants to acomodate the gun in your shorts.

I've tried them and find that no matter where I stick it, it's uncomfortable as hell.

All a moot point however, since I don't have a CCW. I OC everywhere I can legally do so. I refuse to be "permitted" to excercise a Constitutional right. Besides, OC is free.

[Irving]

I kept hearing that you'd need to buy all knew pants and I never did. Then I gained 20 lbs and now half of my pants and most of my nicer pants don't fit anymore. Time for more barefoot running on the treadmill for me!


Also, for me, IWB is more comfortable than having stuff in my pockets like keys and cell phone. It certainly CAN be uncomfortable if in the wrong spot. When you first start it certainly is noticeable, but you get used to it quickly.

[ryanek9freak]

Ponder this for a moment:

A state may not impose a charge for the enjoyment of a right granted by the federal constitution... The power to impose a license tax on the exercise of these freedoms is indeed as potent as the power of censorship which this Court has repeatedly struck down... a person cannot be compelled 'to purchase, through a license fee or a license tax, the privilege freely granted by the constitution.' —MURDOCK V. PENNSYLVANIA 319 US 105 (1942)

[KevDen2005]

Just save yourself a lot of hassle and get a CCW. Even then if you choose to open carry and your shirt falls over it, you still have the permit.

[ryanek9freak]

And getting a CCW is NOT a hassle? I beg to differ...it's a violation of my civil rights to be fingerprinted to obtain one. If it weren't for that,and the fact that all the sherriff's depts here charge the maximum amount that they can by law, I'd consider it. But they don't, so I wont.

[KevDen2005]

And getting a CCW is NOT a hassle? I beg to differ...it's a violation of my civil rights to be fingerprinted to obtain one. If it weren't for that,and the fact that all the sherriff's depts here charge the maximum amount that they can by law, I'd consider it. But they don't, so I wont.

Well I would say it's a different kind of hassle, and whether we agree or disagree on the hassle of it or whether the state should or should not fingerprint is I think a completely moot point here. All I am saying is get a CCW, it's a 'shall issue state' and then you won't have to worry whether it is covered or not.

Or don't, I don't care either way. I have my CCW so I am not too concerned.

[sabot_round]

And getting a CCW is NOT a hassle? I beg to differ...it's a violation of my civil rights to be fingerprinted to obtain one. If it weren't for that,and the fact that all the sherriff's depts here charge the maximum amount that they can by law, I'd consider it. But they don't, so I wont.

Would you go through the same hassle to obtain a MG, can or SBR? It's the same principle!

[iamhunter]

Would you go through the same hassle to obtain a MG, can or SBR? It's the same principle!

That doesn't make it right.