open carry in your area?

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where i live, kentucky, open carry is legal, but i very seldom ever see anybody carrying, other than LEO. it might be different in other parts of this state. is it like this where you are (if open carry is legal there)?

i do believe that in this area, there is a perception that if you openly carry a gun, there's something wrong with you. and i do remember that the only three persons i can remember carrying guns were all nutty as hell. one of them got himself into a jam when he shot and killed a man in an argument over a poker game.

i must admit, if i ever buy that sexy kimber i've been looking at, i would love the world to see it. so i might be nutty as hell too.
 
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We have constitutional open carry here in New Hampshire, but I rarely see anyone doing it, and I don't do it myself. Part of that is not wishing to unnecessarily disturb anyone who is uncomfortable around firearms, but it's mostly because if I ever find myself in a situation where I need to use my CCW I want every advantage I can get, including that of surprise.
 
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...;)...Ben
 
Almost never see it on the front range of CO, nor in the mountains. Go to a Walmart on the western slope or wyoming and there's almost always someone open carrying. It's not my jam, but outside of denver itself it's entirely legal (as it should be). I will say though, somehow it's always "that guy" open carrying at walmart, with the best I've seen being a massively obese man using a mobility scooter, with his similarly massive gunbelt and holster resting in the little shopping basket on the front.
 
Pa. outside of Filthiedelphia open carry is allowed. I only know one person that does it regularly outside of being in Penn's Woods hunting.

Most folks around him find it a bit strange. I bought him an IWB holster for his Sig 365....... he wore it for a few days and went back to a "red white and blue" kydex.
 
Here open carry was legal from the beginning. No permit required. I see it maybe 3 or 4 times during the main part of the year and quite a bit during hunting season. Now that no permit is required for concealed carry. I am curious to see if things change. I think during hunting season it will be about the same, I myself often open carry when on my way hunting as I carry a longer barreled revolver. I have not seen any open carry since we went permit less concealed earlier this year.
 
Truckman said:
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...;)...Ben
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I agree with Truckman, open carry has been an option here in Texas for CHL holders for a few years, I have seen one person that was not an LEO doing it and that was pretty far out in the sticks. I see no reason to advertise.
 
It's legal in WV, but I'm with the others about not wanting to advertise that I'm packing a gun. To me it's screams "shoot me first".

Before our state passed the law that a permit wasn't needed for concealed carry, I talked to a guy who used open carry because he'd let his concealed carry permit expire. He told me it had been a constant headache. He said he had the police called on him several times while open carrying in locations where it was perfectly legal.
 
For the last 8 days it's been legal in SC to open carry, only for people already possessing a concealed carry permit.

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In the years open carry has been legal where I live I have actually only seen 1 person open carrying. Personally I think it is a "hey, look at me, I carry a gun" attitude, plus it just puts a target on your back in my opinion.
 
It's legal in Oklahoma, but I have never seen anyone do it, but I live in OKC. I've heard that some in the rural areas do.
 
Legopez said:
It's legal in Oklahoma, but I have never seen anyone do it, but I live in OKC. I've heard that some in the rural areas do.
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Yes we do, and still keep rifles in our trucks, but seldom in town.
The running joke about my part of the state (mostly true) is the rural residents generally have a gun somewhere close at hand, and aren't bashful about carrying working the land. :)

We're not in the middle of nowhere (SW) but not too far from the middle. Cellphone coverage is iffy in spots, and at night there may be only one deputy on duty in the county.
 
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