Have you seen it? Open carry

[BSA1]

To each his own but it's good to use common sense over virtue signaling once in a while. Open carry says, "SHOOT ME FIRST!".

Documentation to support your claim please?

 

[16thVACav]

I'm a ninja in this regard. The only time someone would ever know if I was carrying is #1 I tell them or #2 I have to shoot someone. Thankfully #2 has not occurred and I hope it never will.
Perfect example-I bet none of you reading this can tell whether or not I'm currently carrying.

I thought you were just glad to see us.

 

[Paul in Nevada]

And there you have it. The OC advocates come out swinging with confrontational, aggressive language. This is why you make people uncomfortable. What does it say about someone who openly carries a gun and seems to be looking for a fight? That's an offensive stance, not a defensive one.
@BSA1,
Dry fire, several times a week. Live fire 2-3X a month. Let me flip your question on you. How often do you train for someone trying to snatch your gun?

 

[Kanewpadle]

This was supposed to be a simple poll. Not an argument for or against. It's been discussed at length here many times and never ends well.

To answer the OP, rarely see open carry here. It's legal but since we live in the land of anti gun nuts we carry concealed.

 

[jeffrefrig]

Even though it's legal to open carry here in Penn's Woods it doesn't mean you should. When President Obama was running for office he was visiting the town of Beaver over in Beaver County, my old stomping grounds, for a speech. Well, some may remember this; maybe. An acquaintance of mine decided to exercise his right to open carry. He became a very popular man for a few weeks, but he got in zero trouble as it should be. He DID get his 15 minutes of fame.
One guy in a grocery store had a pistol inside his waist band. His pants were way too tight and I could tell it was hurting him. He kept playing with the gun until I finally had to say something about how he'd be the 1st one to get taken out if I were the criminal looking to rob the joint. (I had the decency to say this away from peoples' hearing distances.) I showed him my back pocket holster. I use a Stoner holster to carry my Ruger EC9s and the gun disappears; it looks like a wallet, plus I still keep it covered with my tee shirt. He actually thanked me, which is unusual for Pittsburgh people.
These idiot punk wannabes who acquire a gun are the scary punks that have to show off their new gun, and not a lot of good can come from that.
And, oh, Mr. Cajunlawyer, please put a bath robe on and also you have soap behind your left ear!

 

[Pef]

I see it occasionally. It's not for me, but if others want to, that's fine.

I don't know why anyone cares, and I don't know why so many concealed carriers are hostile to open carry.

People need to relax.

 

[Grayfox]

I see it here from time to time. Not common, but not unheard of either. Usually its a 20-ish male carrying a piece of plastic in a cheap nylon holster.
What I've never seen is anybody get shocked, surprised or openly frightened of the open carrier. Most just give the carrier a look and go about their business.
This is around Memphis. Those that aren't carrying wish they were.

 

[AZgman]

I live in North Texas. Here we have two kinds of people. Those that carry concealed and some that open carry. Everybody's got a gun on 'em.

Ditto for Arizona!

 

[Old cop]

Witnessed someone open carrying a few years ago going into Cracker Barrel and hung around to see if they refused him service. They did not, he went in with his family and was seated like everyone else.

 

[old tanker]

It's usually a plastic gun in a plastic or cloth holster. I have never saw a metal gun with nice grips and a tooled holster. If they had any pride they would conceal. Larry

You are right! It's always a Glock in some kind of crappy Uncle Mikes holster. Where are the BBQ guns?

 

[BSA1]

@BSA1,
Dry fire, several times a week. Live fire 2-3X a month.

How many people do you believe practice drawing from conceal carry and dry firing?

To say nothing about live firing ammunition.

Let me flip your question on you. How often do you train for someone trying to snatch your gun?

I always carry a Beretta 92FS in a Milt Sparks Executive Companion IWB holster on my strong side just forward on the hip bone. I have carried the same gun and holster for almost five years now.

If someone tries to snatch my gun it means they intend to kill me and I am responding accordingly. With my strong hand I am clamping down on the top of my gun preventing it from being pulled out of the holster. I am then turning and twisting into the attackers body. With my feet I am stomping on their feet, kicking at their ankles, lower legs and knees, delivering knee kicks to their groin. With my weak hand I am delivering open palm blows to their nose breaking it, ripping the corners of their mouth, twisting their ears and biting if close enough. As soon as I can I am drawing a Kershaw single blade folding knife that is clipped inside my left pocket. It is a flip open only requiring the thumb and is kept very sharp. Once I have my knife out I am slicing, dicing, jabbing and cutting any part of the attackers body I can reach. As soon as I have control of my gun I am drawing and shooting my attacker. It doesn't particularly matter what part of their body. My intent is to stop their attack which is not the same thing as killing them.

I have never practiced this due to lack of volunteers. What I have learned and practiced in the Art of Fighting Dirty.

Now back to you. How often do you train to prevent your gun from being snatched?

 

[BSA1]

Witnessed someone open carrying a few years ago going into Cracker Barrel and hung around to see if they refused him service. They did not, he went in with his family and was seated like everyone else.

Why would they refuse him service? Did they have no firearms allowed sign posted? We ate at a Cracker Barrel last Friday and didn't have any problems with me carrying inside the restaurant.

With the exception of Doctor Offices, medical clinics and hospitals I rarely see No Firearms Allowed signs posted. In fact I refuse to go into businesses that post No Firearms signs.

 

[ISCS Yoda]

I live in North Texas. Here we have two kinds of people. Those that carry concealed and some that open carry. Everybody's got a gun on 'em.

I rarely see anyone open carrying but I had a good friend, now deceased, who did it every day.

That line above reminds me of an incident from a few years ago when I was pulled over by a policeman for speeding. I attempted to show him my CHL, as it was then called, and he said he didn't need to see it because "every car in Plano has a gun in it".

However, depending on who your friends are, the statement "[e]verybody's got a gun on 'em" is amazingly untrue. Surprisingly, untrue!

 

[ISCS Yoda]

Other notes:

In fact with the exception of Doctor Offices, medical clinics and hospitals I rarely see No Firearms Allowed signs posted.

They are quite scarce, actually, and here in Texas they have to be of a specific statutory size, etc., and often enough they are "no open carry" signs, not "no guns" or "no concealed carry" signs.

A different subject:

How many people do you believe practice drawing from conceal carry and dry firing?

Very few, sadly.

To say nothing about live firing ammunition.

That last is well nigh impossible unless you have your own range. I don't know of any range that permits drawing from concealment, or from any holster, actually, open or concealed, and firing live ammunition.

Not counting competitions, of course, but then folks have to find places to practice, which ain't easy.

 

[Grayfox]

That last is well nigh impossible unless you have your own range. I don't know of any range that permits drawing from concealment, or from any holster, actually, open or concealed, and firing live ammunition.

Depends on the range. My club has a separate Action Shooting Range. Here they shoot IPSC, IDPA and Three Gun matches. When not in use for a match (most any weekday) qualified members can use it to draw from concealment and fire live ammo if they wish. You can do pretty much anything you want as long as you stay safe.
Yes, I do make use of it from time to time.

 

[dwh]

I see it occasionally, and it's always the under 25 crowd. They're the same ones you'll see at the gun club with plate carriers, helmets and com sets on( to many hour playing call of duty).

Now I do OC occasionally when off trail in the woods or Trail riding on horseback. My wife and I once took a couple we knew back country trout fishing. After about 3 hours of fishing the other Mrs yells out OMG a gun and points my way. I foolishly start looking around for the free gun laying around. To my surprise she was completely a gas that I was carrying a gun in the middle of nowhere. It's the last time we did anything with them.

 

[CajunBass]

Interesting, CajunBass. One of the very rare times I saw someone open carry was in Ukrop's at Cogbill and Hopkins Rd. Nicely dressed man, in business casual, with a gun on his hip. I checked at the time that it was perfectly legal.

How rare was it? It was 40 years ago, and I still remember it.

I'd say it was less common 40 years ago, but not unknown. Growing up I had always heard it was legal, but frowned upon especially "in town."

 

[ladder13]

No, but I see a whole lot of concealed carriers.

 

[Sam D]

Hey, does anybody know where I can get a cool Parrot Head shirt like that?

 

[fiasconva]

I see it all the time around here. With so many military, security, and plain clothes LEO's it's pretty common. I'd say the professional looking and squared away carriers outnumber the wannabe's 10 to 1.