I did it. Open carried for the first time.

[ISCS Yoda]

I dislike open carry but I had to run some errands and where I was headed nobody was going to care. I wanted very easy access to my pistol in the event I ran into any street trouble. As it happened I was wearing a dark shirt, unplanned in re the open carry, it just happened, and the gun was pretty hard to see, anyway. All quiet on the Western front so I'm done with that noise for now.

But it did feel weird.........a little..........

 

[coachray]

I never have but I'm sure it would feel weird to me also.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Let's see.....Baseball cap. Check
Sunglasses. Check
Bandana around the lower half of my face. Check
Open carrying my 1911. Check
Honey, I'm going to the bank and then to the stop and rob to buy a lottery ticket.
What could possibly go wrong
Reminds me of the COLREGS "Avoid collisions at all costs- even if you have right of way"

 

[BB57]

I open carried once in the back yard of a house we rented for awhile. The backyard neighbor had a habit of sexually harassing women, and had made unwelcome advances at women in the house with both the previous renters.

I made sure he saw me carrying and he never made a pass at my wife. She joked about being offended.

Eventually he had to move after being convicted of a minor sex offense. And since he lived within 1000' of a school he had to relocate.

 

[Chino74]

When I open carry I find myself more attentive to everyone around me as well as surroundings, personal space esp. standing in lines etc. It doesn't bother me but I do tend to be a little more alert than my normal level of alert (which is very alert LOL).

 

[Jon651]

Let's see.....Baseball cap. Check
Sunglasses. Check
Bandana around the lower half of my face. Check
Open carrying my 1911. Check
Honey, I'm going to the bank and then to the stop and rob to buy a lottery ticket.
What could possibly go wrong
Reminds me of the COLREGS "Avoid collisions at all costs- even if you have right of way"

It was the 1911 that gave you away. The bangers all use Glocks!

 

[ISCS Yoda]

Honey, I'm going to the bank and then to the stop and rob to buy a lottery ticket.
What could possibly go wrong

I liked every single one of those replies but my Cajun lawyer colleague really tickled me.

The good news is that in Dallas we don't always wear bandannas around our faces or any other mask. If I'm going into a store that wants that I'll gladly oblige but otherwise, well, not so much.

Since I only use bandannas or shemaghs I would truly HATE going into a bank looking like a terrorist or a hold-up artist!

 

[Injunbro]

Around here (SE AZ) open carry is common for both men & women... & crime is all but non-existent.

 

[Univibe]

I won't. Gives your assailant a huge advantage. And people open carrying have been robbed of their guns.

I don't want the bad guy(s) to know I'm armed until I have to deploy it.

 

[RobertJ.]

I see it around here every once in a while. They always act like it's an everyday thing, and I'm cool with that. I think that most people probably don't even notice. I never say anything about it, though. I've seen the discussions we have here concerning it, and I don't need to debate it out in public.

 

[steveno]

open carry is legal in Nebraska. the only time I have seen it or noticed was when I worked Cabela's and this 60's something lady with a cocked and locked 1911 in a yagui slide holster on the belt. she also had an extra magazine also. she had kind of a serious look about her.

I open carried (Ruger 44 mag Redhawk) once with out giving it much thought into a bar in Colorado. we went in to get something to eat as we had been out hunting in the Old Roach area east of Walden. Walden Colorado isn't exactly a hotbed for the gun control people and I probably wasn't the only person.

 

[CH4]

I see it around here every once in a while. They always act like it's an everyday thing, and I'm cool with that. I think that most people probably don't even notice. I never say anything about it, though. I've seen the discussions we have here concerning it, and I don't need to debate it out in public.

Same in NV and WA. It’s legal, but not common. As a copper I carried open most everyday for 30 years and still do it on rare occasion - depends on where I am going, but always cognizant of my surroundings.

 

[OLDSTER]

Sorry. Not a fan of open carry in public. It accomplishes nothing but give gun lovers like us a bad name. Just sayin'.

 

[dockmurgw]

Its legal here, so is concealed, no permits required. But around here, the ones that open carry are not the sharpest tools in the shed, and their actions are fuel for our local gun control fire. Here's a recent example of why some people should not open carry, or carry at all for that matter.

Police: Protester pointed gun at passerby

 

[shocker]

Michigan is open carry. I would prefer if people confined it to hunting or target shooting activities on private or the public lands. Parading around in suburban areas with an AR and body armor just because you can, don't need that.

 

[Drm50]

Open Carry reminds me of a song, Mother’s don’t let your babies grow up to be Cowboys. Not cool in areas where there are lots of people. Half of them are worried you are some kind of nut or worse and a few would target you to steal your gun. Yippee-ky-ay

 

[andy52]

I only open carry when I'm hunting or fishing.

 

[OIF2]

Oh boy...here we go!
Bob

 

[03hemi]

I only open carry if I'm not conceal carrying.

 

[THEmodelof1989]

Around here (SE AZ) open carry is common for both men & women... & crime is all but non-existent.

In the most recent studies done by 24/7 wall st. Tucson, located in SE Arizona, is the most dangerous city in Arizona. Tucson's violent crime rate is well over double the national average. The same study identified Tucson as having a whopping 24.1% poverty rate, compared to a national average of 12.3% at the time of this study... something tells me with the large portion of hungry and violent citizens crime is a little bit more prevalent than "all but non-existent" in SE Arizona.