The 2d Amendment to the US Constitution does NOT qualify. Open carry or concealed carry should not be regulated. Additionally, since the US Constitution is the "law of the land", there should be no ban on universal carry by any state in the union.

You are wrong. Federal courts and SCOTUS have stated in case law that the government can regulate firearms, so the regulation of firearms is constitutional. Federal courts (not sure about SCOTUS I have to read Bruin again) have stated that either concealed carry has to be allowed outside of the home and/or open carry, but banning both is unconstitutional.

The U.S. constitution gives the Federal courts and ultimately SCOTUS the power to rule on merits of what's constitutional and what's not. You can't have it both ways. Claim to be pro-Constitution and then also be against the Combat.

Gun owners will continue to lose every right they have due to eating their own.
This thread is a perfect example.

If you don't like open carry, that is spectacular just don't do it, then shut up and move along as you will not change anyone's mind with your science fiction horror stories.

Articles have been written about criminals being caught (waffle house in GA about a decade ago, comes to mind) where they waited to rob a business due to open carriers inside, after the ocer left the cops caught the criminal as they were entering. Not to mention the articles NOT written because the criminal left and nobody knew, but hey those all must be lies because the experts here say it NEVER happens.

I have to exit this train wreck before I say what I really think and get banned.

Pretty simple isn’t it? But another of these well worn out threads will pop up in the near future.

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I have my leather all coordinated according to what the style influencers say. Your belt and shoes should match. Of course there are many who scorn this rule which is neither here nor there, but I want people here to know that this helps.

I am in NC and open carry has always been legal here. It does make an important difference for me to be clean, fit, and well groomed and properly tailored in my appearance. I should look "put together" as they say. I am not talking about our God-given 2A rights; I am talking about being a credit to my community and my family and looking the part.

Even our 2A community members who disapprove of OC will think of you as a different category when your shirt is clean and pressed and tucked in and your shoes, your spare mag pouch, and your holster are all matching in color and style. At least they will be less hostile about it. You look deliberate responsible and capable.

Of course it is purely a hot weather issue for me. By September it is time to throw a sport coat on anyway.

What do you think. Am I on the wrong track?

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If there's anything that makes gun owners in general look bad about open carry it's this, every Walmart that I go to has a sign out in front asking people to refrain from openly carrying a firearm in the store.

When I see open carriers walk right past that sign and disregard the clear preference of the property owner that makes us all look bad.

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