Open carry in Indiana if you have a CC permit. But I rarely see anyone open carrying. I don’t think it’s a good idea in public places like grocery stores. It’s going to scare people that aren’t gun people and make you look like a jerk in my opinion. I CC all the time except if I’m out in a rural location.
open carry in your area?
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I'm in metro Phoenix, and I probably see it perhaps once or twice a month as I am out and about. Mostly in Wal-Mart and grocery stores, LOL. Increasingly, I'm seeing more and more younger players in their 20's and 30's.
The Georgia Weapons permit allows you to carry concealed or openly. You have to have the permit to carry on your person in publc. Not needed in the vehicle or on personal property. Also, open carry is legal while hunting. I probably don't go to town without seeing at least one person open carry. No telling how many I passed that were concealed.
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Open carry has been in NC for as long as I can remember. I have on occasion but not as much as I conceal. Last time I did was while hiking a trail on my own. I guess some of it depends on where you live. In smaller towns I see it all the time, in the cities not so much. There is a guy at our church who open carries to Sunday services, but we go to church in a small town. I've never seen anyone open carry ever get heat over it.
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What bugs me more than anything else are those that just can't mind their own business and keep their mouths shut.
Comments like: "I see you're packing", or "your gun is showing", just make me want to barf. It takes all of my self control not to retort with a zinger of my own.
Comments like: "I see you're packing", or "your gun is showing", just make me want to barf. It takes all of my self control not to retort with a zinger of my own.
Like I said only time I open carry is on my way hunting if I stop at a store or gas station on way out of town. During that time nobody around here would even blink. I don't do it the rest of the year because to me it is kind of impolite. I know it bothers some people to see a gun, why bother them for no reason. During hunting season they are less apt to question it and hey, I am going hunting and that trumps just about everything, There maybe one or 2 anti hunters around here, but they have to be pretty used to it if they been here long.
I stopped at my FFL and got a revolver once, stuffed it in my front pants pocket. Then stopped to get gas went into get a soda and the clerk asked me something like is that was a gun in my pocket or was I just glad to see her
I stopped at my FFL and got a revolver once, stuffed it in my front pants pocket. Then stopped to get gas went into get a soda and the clerk asked me something like is that was a gun in my pocket or was I just glad to see her
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It's legal in NM but I see very few folks doing open carry. There were suddenly a few several months ago, but now it's pretty much back to normal.
Open carry is legal in Wisconsin, no permit required. Saw it once in a grocery store…guy looked like he was trying to impress folks. Most of the guys in deer camp, myself included, open carry a handgun as a ‘finisher’. Brother used to bird hunt the bluffs along the Mississippi and always had his 45 Colt loaded with shot for timber rattlers.
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As stated earlier open carry is legal here in Texas for several years. The one time I open carried was one winter returning from a trip I left my jacket in my truck when I stopped for gas. Not an issue as I never left the side of my truck. On the other side I have only seen 3-4 open carrying since it became legal.
As Steelslaver mentioned, open carry is and has been legal for many years here in Montana.
With Montana becoming a Constitutional Carry State, I have noticed quite an uptick in people open carrying at the local Scheels, Shiptons, and Cabelas stores as well as open to the public stores everywhere.
I much prefer to carry concealed.....if that it their choice, then I respect that.
Have also noticed that almost no one pays any attention to the fact that many more are now open carry advocates.
Seems like you could start a chain saw and walk up and down the isles and nobody would pay any attention to you..........
Randy
With Montana becoming a Constitutional Carry State, I have noticed quite an uptick in people open carrying at the local Scheels, Shiptons, and Cabelas stores as well as open to the public stores everywhere.
I much prefer to carry concealed.....if that it their choice, then I respect that.
Have also noticed that almost no one pays any attention to the fact that many more are now open carry advocates.
Seems like you could start a chain saw and walk up and down the isles and nobody would pay any attention to you..........
Randy
Not uncommon around Kingman, AZ. Mostly it's the rural folks in town on business but a couple townies open carry as well.
On the one hand, I get not wanting to make folks uncomfortable and being a conspicuous target, but on the other hand I sort of feel it's part of the "old west" the tourists are coming through to see, I want others to have the option, and let's face it, it's amusing to be able to comment on someone's sidearm just you would a nice pair of boots or whatever and not have the only place to show off one's toys be this forum.
I suspect the tactical disadvantage is reduced around here since between the area and constitutional carry in AZ, you assume even if you can't see one, it's there.
My personal rule is, if you carry, carry something classy, and of course be extra courteous and dress up a little, since if you open carry your behavior reflects strongly on all gun owners.
On the one hand, I get not wanting to make folks uncomfortable and being a conspicuous target, but on the other hand I sort of feel it's part of the "old west" the tourists are coming through to see, I want others to have the option, and let's face it, it's amusing to be able to comment on someone's sidearm just you would a nice pair of boots or whatever and not have the only place to show off one's toys be this forum.
I suspect the tactical disadvantage is reduced around here since between the area and constitutional carry in AZ, you assume even if you can't see one, it's there.
My personal rule is, if you carry, carry something classy, and of course be extra courteous and dress up a little, since if you open carry your behavior reflects strongly on all gun owners.
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In my area of TX, I've seen a total of three people open carry since CHL changed to LTC.
When Const. Carry goes into effect in Sept., I imagine I'll see SOME OC in the 1st Month or two, but that's about it.
I still haven't heard if unlicensed carry will be permitted in the Liquor store chain I work for, or if it will remain only 'Licensed Carry'.
When Const. Carry goes into effect in Sept., I imagine I'll see SOME OC in the 1st Month or two, but that's about it.
I still haven't heard if unlicensed carry will be permitted in the Liquor store chain I work for, or if it will remain only 'Licensed Carry'.
In my opinion it's the same as carrying a sign that reads, "Hi, I'm a target, shoot me first"...
...BenI very rarely see anyone open carrying in my part of Georgia. I never open carry -- I don't want to draw any undue attention to myself, either from the crazies or from law enforcement.
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Nor have I. Generally, my feeling is that open carry is tactically unsound and, well, just a bit impolite, knowing that some people get extremely nervous in the presence of guns. But, i am glad to have the option for one reason -- i no longer have to be concerned that a brief unintentional flash of a large concealed pistol may get me arrested. So i'll likely carry bigger guns more often.
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I've yet to see it in Texas; certainly a surprise to me. I guess that's a comforting indication we have far more people with good sense using good judgement than I had previously thought.
The first time I observed open carry was in Prescott, AZ, about 40 years ago. I was downtown on the town square for a 4th of July parade. At the curb, horizontally parked, was motorcycle after motorcycle. I noticed that almost every man sitting aboard his bike was open carrying - easy to see since everyone was lightly dressed due to the heat. I asked a police officer about it and he said something like "Yes, we know about it" but he failed to mention to me that it was perfectly legal.
Anyway, I never saw anyone do it after that except police officers. Admittedly, I have done it twice. The most recent time was a year or so ago when I had to make a quick trip to a shop ten minutes away and I was too lazy to go get a vest or covering shirt and I knew my guy at this powder coating shop wouldn't care.
The other time was decades ago before it was legal except as a weird "exception" to the Texas ban on concealed or open carry that existed at that time with respect to hunting and/or traveling. We were driving to a ranch down near the Rio Grande and stopped to get some feed corn for feral hogs and it was hot and, again, I was too lazy to reach for my vest which I had removed in Laredo. Nobody cared, maybe nobody even noticed.
Other than those 2 times I never do it and I never see anyone else doing it. Those two times were such an exception to my usual concealment diligence that they remain vivid memories.
Anyway, I never saw anyone do it after that except police officers. Admittedly, I have done it twice. The most recent time was a year or so ago when I had to make a quick trip to a shop ten minutes away and I was too lazy to go get a vest or covering shirt and I knew my guy at this powder coating shop wouldn't care.
The other time was decades ago before it was legal except as a weird "exception" to the Texas ban on concealed or open carry that existed at that time with respect to hunting and/or traveling. We were driving to a ranch down near the Rio Grande and stopped to get some feed corn for feral hogs and it was hot and, again, I was too lazy to reach for my vest which I had removed in Laredo. Nobody cared, maybe nobody even noticed.
Other than those 2 times I never do it and I never see anyone else doing it. Those two times were such an exception to my usual concealment diligence that they remain vivid memories.
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It is legal in Arkansas and I do see a few, mostly young guys, one Elvis
impersonator the old over weight Elvis.
My impression is please look at me.
impersonator the old over weight Elvis.
My impression is please look at me.
fiasconva
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I see it once in a while here but not very often. I will have to say that the majority of open carriers here seem to be well dressed, clean cut people with quality firearms on their belts. They don't seem to be LEO since no badges are present. They don't seem to be trying to draw any attention but just look like carrying is just routine to them. The few open carriers with crappy equipment or with the "look at me" strut seem to be in the minority.
