Dress code for open carry

[Porter Rockwell]

A lot of you will disagree with this... Yes it is your right to open carry, but just cause it is your right doesn't mean you should. Our gun rights are under continual attack. Carrying a gun openly will make some others worried and nervous. If those that are anti-gun, see guns everywhere they may be more inclined to support legislation which restricts the free excercise of the 2nd amendment.

Second, when you open carry you loose the element of surprise and expose yourself.

Do I sometimes open carry? Yes but only in appropriate places, at the range, while hunting, working on private property etc.

The recent changes in gun laws in Georgia have greatly expanded our rights to carry. It is our responsibility to protect these rights through proper consistent action.

If you open carry at the local Publix you are misguided. Why would you do this? You are neddlesly scaring some people and putting our rights in jeopardy. Your are also putting your self in jeopardy. If a guy comes in to rob the bank inside the Publix, he is shooting you first. You loose the ability to blend in and defend yourself.

 

[dakota port]

cargo pants and a t-shirt, brimmed hat with the gun in a proper holster (in my case a blackhawk cqc). that is my everyday apparel anyways, sometimes i wear a pair a of awesome shades as well


and behave like a fairly normal behaved human being as well, it helps to

the msot attention i have gotten lately is when i was buying a burrito at chipotle and the cashier asked if i was a police officer, i just said "no just a normal citizen in an imperfect world" and he said he just asked because police officers get 50% off their meal and he was okay with me carrying in chipotle (this was the new location in canton)

 

[sniper62]

i have been a offender of the dress code, but being as it's winter im usually dressed nicely. most people think im a cop when they see me open carrying now.

Smart cops dont OC off duty.

 

[semi-pro]

I open carry to church!

 

[JohnnyPlant]

A lot of you will disagree with this... Yes it is your right to open carry, but just cause it is your right doesn't mean you should. Our gun rights are under continual attack. Carrying a gun openly will make some others worried and nervous. If those that are anti-gun, see guns everywhere they may be more inclined to support legislation which restricts the free excercise of the 2nd amendment.

Second, when you open carry you loose the element of surprise and expose yourself.

Do I sometimes open carry? Yes but only in appropriate places, at the range, while hunting, working on private property etc.

The recent changes in gun laws in Georgia have greatly expanded our rights to carry. It is our responsibility to protect these rights through proper consistent action.

If you open carry at the local Publix you are misguided. Why would you do this? You are neddlesly scaring some people and putting our rights in jeopardy. Your are also putting your self in jeopardy. If a guy comes in to rob the bank inside the Publix, he is shooting you first. You loose the ability to blend in and defend yourself.

Couldn't have said it better. If you want to OC thats up to you, but I don't do it.

 

[tv_racin_fan]

A lot of you will disagree with this... Yes it is your right to open carry, but just cause it is your right doesn't mean you should. Our gun rights are under continual attack. Carrying a gun openly will make some others worried and nervous. If those that are anti-gun, see guns everywhere they may be more inclined to support legislation which restricts the free excercise of the 2nd amendment.

Second, when you open carry you loose the element of surprise and expose yourself.

Do I sometimes open carry? Yes but only in appropriate places, at the range, while hunting, working on private property etc.

The recent changes in gun laws in Georgia have greatly expanded our rights to carry. It is our responsibility to protect these rights through proper consistent action.

If you open carry at the local Publix you are misguided. Why would you do this? You are neddlesly scaring some people and putting our rights in jeopardy. Your are also putting your self in jeopardy. If a guy comes in to rob the bank inside the Publix, he is shooting you first. You loose the ability to blend in and defend yourself.

I love it when people post these sorts of answers.

Surely you have thousands and thousands of examples of open carry people being the first target to link for us.

I wont hold my breath...

I could say that when you talk about the element of surprise you are opening yourself up to prosecution for trap setting if the need ever arouse for you to use the firearm that you are concealed carrying. BUT the fact is that would be as absurd as you claiming that since I open carry on occasion I am GOING to be the target without ever considering that since I am there with a handgun openly on my side the bad guy is going to go elsewhere instead of attacking where he knows someone is armed.


Those people who are anti gun vote to take your right to keep and bear away every time they vote with no regard to anyone who open carries or not. THEY are after all anti gun and nothing you or I do is going to change that. In fact I believe that those who claim to support the second amendment and yet vote for those who don't are also in fact far worse for the right to keep and bear than I could ever be by simply openly carrying a handgun.

I like to think that those people who are on the fence undecided see me going about my normal business not causing any sort of scene open carrying my handgun not causing an issue. I hope that they see when someone asks about my handgun and the legality of open carry that they see my reasoned honest answers to the questions and don't see me as some sort of jerkwad. Interestingly enough the only time anyone was a jerk about my open carrying a handgun it was a person with a carry permit who had no clue that it was in fact illegal to carry a handgun without a permit and was in fact perfect legal for me to carry openly since I did in fact have a permit to carry a handgun. I tried my best to be calm and collected and I explained to him that it was in fact legal for me to open carry and that he could in fact ask me to leave the store I was in and that I would in fact leave without him asking me to do so but that he could not in fact post a sign and prevent me from coming into the store since the sign has no weight of law. I even went ahead and made my purchase and left.. I don't recall seeing that store employee any more after that.. have wondered a time or two if he didn't get let go for being rude to a customer.

 

[tv_racin_fan]

cargo pants and a t-shirt, brimmed hat with the gun in a proper holster (in my case a blackhawk cqc). that is my everyday apparel anyways, sometimes i wear a pair a of awesome shades as well


and behave like a fairly normal behaved human being as well, it helps to

the msot attention i have gotten lately is when i was buying a burrito at chipotle and the cashier asked if i was a police officer, i just said "no just a normal citizen in an imperfect world" and he said he just asked because police officers get 50% off their meal and he was okay with me carrying in chipotle (this was the new location in canton)

NICE.

We went to eat at one place or another after a range trip and the waiter was going to seat us in the bar area.. at the time it was not legal so I politely told him since I was armed he needed to seat us in a different area. He simply asked what I had and commented that a Kahr was a nice handgun.

Got asked if we were under cover once.... Have been asked if open carry was legal a time or three and a couple times been asked how and where to go get a permit. Also had someone comment that openly carrying a muzzle loading revolver in a flap holster was a bit odd.

 

[kpmj]

open carry when fishing...

 

[Porter Rockwell]

open carry when fishing...

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you almost have to OC that thing! You need a trench coat to conceal that smoke wagon!

 

[captdave77]

****ing zombie thread