pittpa
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Unruly canines? Rabid coyotes?
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open carry in your area?
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In Illinois? BWAHAHAHA! When pigs fly! 
I believe Constitutional Carry in Texas WILL allow for open carry, as well as concealed.
max503
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In Illinois? BWAHAHAHA! When pigs fly!
I've seen it done. Saw some kids walk into a small town grocery store and lean their shotguns against the wall.
There's an old geezer in my river town that strolls downtown with a 1911 sticking out of his pocket. I asked him about it. He said no one says anything about it.
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As was mentioned above it is legal here in Louisiana I'll see someone open carrying maybe 2-3 times a year, Walmart and other stores. I never saw anyone make anything of it. I don't unless freshwater fishing or walking along the swamp.
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The last time I actually saw someone open carrying was a couple of weeks ago at a WalMart Neighborhood Market, North of Denver. (Despite the fact that they request that you not do it on the sign at the door.) No one made a fuss about it. Everyone was probably more concerned whether you were wearing a mask.
No telling how many were carrying concealed.
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That's a common perception everywhere, with some truth to it. Unless you're down on the farm or the ranch, if you're OCing you've got some seriously flawed critical thinking skills. If you want a talisman to show off, buy a fancy watch or get a tattoo. A gun isn't a fashion statement.
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Here in missouri one can open carry anywhere its not prohibited. Municipalities are considered private businesses and can restrict open carry. Private businesses too can restrict open carry. One cannot open carry on church premises, polling stations and federal property. one can carry open in state parks and restaurants that serve alcohol but, NOT at the bar. I have only seen it once and the cops checked him out for a long time. My thought about open carry has always been, several thugs coming up from behind me while unaware and taking my firearm, then using it on me. I CCW and maintain a 360 awareness as much as possible.
otis24
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I think open carry is anomaly because no one does it. A case of "use it or lose it". It may not be a de jure (legal) loss but it becomes a defacto loss due to public opinion. My state is open carry and I have no qualms about carrying open. But I also don't want to give up the element of surprise. As long as concealed carry is easy and respected, I will choose to utilize that option.
I see open carriers about two or three times a month. It's not exactly common, but it does happen. I have open carried myself upon occasion. It will be interesting to see if it increases next week after the new Texas permitless carry law takes effect. I think it may, at least for a time.
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I live in southwestern VA.
Open carry is legal statewide with some isolated carve outs for the repressives. Just now coming on line due to the commies recent rejection of statewide jurisdiction for gun laws. Local ordinances are now allowed to be passed and some places are.
At any rate I carry openly from time to time where I live as I carry on my farm for critters and such, and sometimes have to make a trip in town to the feed store or hardware store or whatnot.
It has always been a non event inasmuch as I never get a second look from anyone.
With that said, I am guessing that going towards the Northern part of the State, up towards Washington DC one might encounter a more hostile environment. My wife and I are pretty happy on our place down here in Floyd county and avoid Northern VA like the plague. Just sayin.
Open carry is legal statewide with some isolated carve outs for the repressives. Just now coming on line due to the commies recent rejection of statewide jurisdiction for gun laws. Local ordinances are now allowed to be passed and some places are.
At any rate I carry openly from time to time where I live as I carry on my farm for critters and such, and sometimes have to make a trip in town to the feed store or hardware store or whatnot.
It has always been a non event inasmuch as I never get a second look from anyone.
With that said, I am guessing that going towards the Northern part of the State, up towards Washington DC one might encounter a more hostile environment. My wife and I are pretty happy on our place down here in Floyd county and avoid Northern VA like the plague. Just sayin.
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At one time, not so long ago, Texas had some restrictive gun laws regarding handguns. No concealed carry permits, and it was even against the law to have a handgun in your car in your own county, only while traveling outside your home county. That nonsense all went away about 20 years ago, when the Texas concealed carry permit law was enacted. More recently, the permit was changed to allow both concealed and open carry. As of 1 September this year, there will be no longer a requirement to have a permit for concealed carry of a handgun so long as you are not a convicted felon and are of age. But you can still get a permit if you wish, mainly to ease gun purchases, carry openly, or to carry a handgun in other states having permit reciprocity with Texas.
Like other postings here, during the time when open carry was legal with a permit, I have yet to see anyone who was not some kind of cop carrying openly anywhere I have been in the state. And I personally have never been tempted to carry openly for several reasons.
Like other postings here, during the time when open carry was legal with a permit, I have yet to see anyone who was not some kind of cop carrying openly anywhere I have been in the state. And I personally have never been tempted to carry openly for several reasons.
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Legal here in Alabama. When it first became legal, a few years ago, I saw a number of people open carrying, mostly in Walmart. Nowadays I rarely see anyone open carrying. I did see a guy carrying in Walmart a week or two ago. Walmart, by the way, asks that you not open carry inside their stores though I haven’t heard of them kicking anyone out for doing it.
I see a fair amount of OC in Pahrump, Nevada.
I don't normally OC but this last week I was up in Chicagoland and had to travel through South Chicago area. I went in with my pistols secured in the back of my vehicle because it was daylight and didn't want to excite anyone. Going home I put my holster on and stuck my M-59 and unusual for me put the thumb break snap closed. I had to stop for gas and as I was filling my tank was approached by an individual who walked toward me until I turned and he could see the butt sticking out of the holster. He quickly turned away and proceeded into the store. I finished filling my tank, took my receipt and left. I was happy to have "that look" which made him think I was no easy target. Might have been my black trousers, white shirt and scarf around my neck. (You marines know what I mean) For everyone else a clip-on neck tie.
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Open carry has been permissible in Texas for a few years to CHL holders as an option, but I have yet to see anyone do it...Constitutional carry becomes law shortly so I'll be on the lookout for it...Personally, I carry concealed only...
Since it became legal I have seen three (3) people open carrying.
Interesting thread. It's all about perception and perspective.
I'm amazed at the number of folks who've said they'd worry about offending somebody. Apologize for the 2nd Amendment? Balderdash! If we don't "use" it, we could very well "lose" it.
I wear a tucked in, collared, long-sleeve dress or sport shirt, always. I carry a pen in my left breast pocket. I have gray hair, well, what's left of it. Most folks who don't know me call me sir. The 640 Pro on my right hip has been there for so long my friends ask "who dressed you" if it's missing. If I have pants on, it's there.
When I'm in town, 30 miles from home, it's there when I go to the grocery store, the hardware store, to get gas, the bank, the doc's office, my dentist, everywhere it's legal. If I've offended anyone, they sure haven't had nerve enough to tell me so. On the rare occasion that someone says anything, it's "I feel safer knowing folks are carrying guns. Thank you."
Up here on the mountain a few nights ago a wolf's howl from one of the hills a quarter mile south of town set off all the dogs in town, including several packs of coyotes on the distant hills.
Had dinner at one of the two "locals" up here last night. Our dirt-streeted town has about 40 year-round residents. The place "hops" with tourists this time of year. I always sit at the bar where I can see the door. So do my friends.
Nobody ever asks about my revolver or their pistols.
A young tourist walked in and sat at the other end of the bar near the cash register. After a few minutes, for some unknown reason, he asked the owner if he was worried about somebody robbing him out here in the middle of nowhere.
Dale said -- loud enough so everybody could hear -- "Heck no, I'll give the robber all the money in the till and let him walk away, but he'll never make it to the door. There are at least four guys packin' in here right now. They'd take care of the problem." (Sometimes there are four or more gals packin', too!)
None of us want to have to live up to Dale's expectation. We're law-abiding citizens who believe in our rights.
The guy finished his beer and left.
You see, it's illegal to carry concealed in that "portion of an establishment licensed to dispense alcoholic liquor and malt beverages for consumption on the premises, which portion of the establishment is primarily devoted to that purpose." I reckon that convoluted bunch of gibberish in the state statute means "the bar" to law makers.
I've had this discussion with many county sheriff deputies -- the only LEOs we have up here. They think it's crazy that concealed carry in a bar is not okay with the law makers, but open carry is. The deputies would much prefer NOT to "see" folks open carry in a bar. The deputy who sometimes hangs out with us up here doesn't open carry, and she never says anything to those of us who do. Do the law makers listen? Of course not. They're afraid of offending the minority who live in the state's two big towns -- about 60,000 folks each.
One guy's thoughts.
I'm amazed at the number of folks who've said they'd worry about offending somebody. Apologize for the 2nd Amendment? Balderdash! If we don't "use" it, we could very well "lose" it.
I wear a tucked in, collared, long-sleeve dress or sport shirt, always. I carry a pen in my left breast pocket. I have gray hair, well, what's left of it. Most folks who don't know me call me sir. The 640 Pro on my right hip has been there for so long my friends ask "who dressed you" if it's missing. If I have pants on, it's there.
When I'm in town, 30 miles from home, it's there when I go to the grocery store, the hardware store, to get gas, the bank, the doc's office, my dentist, everywhere it's legal. If I've offended anyone, they sure haven't had nerve enough to tell me so. On the rare occasion that someone says anything, it's "I feel safer knowing folks are carrying guns. Thank you."
Up here on the mountain a few nights ago a wolf's howl from one of the hills a quarter mile south of town set off all the dogs in town, including several packs of coyotes on the distant hills.
Had dinner at one of the two "locals" up here last night. Our dirt-streeted town has about 40 year-round residents. The place "hops" with tourists this time of year. I always sit at the bar where I can see the door. So do my friends.
Nobody ever asks about my revolver or their pistols.
A young tourist walked in and sat at the other end of the bar near the cash register. After a few minutes, for some unknown reason, he asked the owner if he was worried about somebody robbing him out here in the middle of nowhere.
Dale said -- loud enough so everybody could hear -- "Heck no, I'll give the robber all the money in the till and let him walk away, but he'll never make it to the door. There are at least four guys packin' in here right now. They'd take care of the problem." (Sometimes there are four or more gals packin', too!)
None of us want to have to live up to Dale's expectation. We're law-abiding citizens who believe in our rights.
The guy finished his beer and left.
You see, it's illegal to carry concealed in that "portion of an establishment licensed to dispense alcoholic liquor and malt beverages for consumption on the premises, which portion of the establishment is primarily devoted to that purpose." I reckon that convoluted bunch of gibberish in the state statute means "the bar" to law makers.
I've had this discussion with many county sheriff deputies -- the only LEOs we have up here. They think it's crazy that concealed carry in a bar is not okay with the law makers, but open carry is. The deputies would much prefer NOT to "see" folks open carry in a bar. The deputy who sometimes hangs out with us up here doesn't open carry, and she never says anything to those of us who do. Do the law makers listen? Of course not. They're afraid of offending the minority who live in the state's two big towns -- about 60,000 folks each.
One guy's thoughts.
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