by jim coulter » Wed Apr 18, 2007 10:17 pm
To quote someguy-"There is absolutely no evidence that carrying openly gives an advantage to the bad guys, or is dangerous. If you feel it is, by all means carry in a manner you prefer, but you should not confuse your feelings with facts."
I've always had a problem with open carry because there are alot of people in this state that are afraid of guns, (my mother is one of them) and they tend to get upset when they see guns carried openly (especially when their with their children). My mom has no problem with me carrying, but doesn't want to see it. Some people go as far as complaining to law enforcement or their legislators when they see people carrying open. I personally don't feel it helps the pro constitution, pro gun cause to do so. On my corvette and bronco sites there is much debate (ok, little debate-since most are 90% in favor of the constitution and usually one or two liberal yahoo's that are anti gun) about the Virginia Tech incident and what would have happened if just one conceal carry person had been there to shoot back while the a**hole reloaded. I would venture to say that if someone was there carrying open he or she would have been shot first (get the threat out of the way) and then the students would have been shot. With it concealed, you have the element of surprise. I've only met one person before that carried openly and after talking to him it was clear he wanted everyone to see his gun cause he thought it made him "badass" The only impression he gave me was "IDIOT" I'm not saying that everyone that carries open is an idiot (although not that far from it), but do feel they do more harm than good and for no "good" reason I can find. Enlighten me on "good" points of carrying open. The fact that it scares some people, removes the element of surprise and hurts the pro gun cause I feel are good reasons not to carry open. What are the "good" reasons to carry open? Just curious. Oh and it doesn't scare off the bad guys. THEY now have the element of surprise. They come up behind you stick THEIR gun in your back, take YOUR gun and wallet and run off. Now the "bad" guys have one more gun (yours) and your money. Just don't see the "good" of open carry. Would love to hear your "facts" about open carry.