I'm realizing more and more about at least a couple of states where open carry is legal all of the time, or in certain instances. The other day when I was in a restaurant, and took up starting the day OWB carry and wore my jacket inside---when I started to warm up a bit--I really wished I could just shed the jacket and return to the buffet with my piece seeing daylight just where it was. In a way now, I'm wishing the option of open carry was an alternative in my state, it's just that I'd like some pros and cons about how you open carriers perceive those situations where you do carry openly. I appreciate it.
1.) Do you get stared at in public for open carrying?
2.) Do you feel folks are whispering to one another after seeing that you are carrying a firearm?
3.) Do you ever think you are being discriminated against in one form or another from say a cashier that is rather short with you instead of being nice and talkative with the previous customer who isn't openly carrying?
4.) Do you feel some businesses will think of posting a no firearms sign after seeing you with weapon in their shop?
5.) Do you think that a child, seeing your openly carried firearm, will have different thoughts about the world after seeing this?
6.) Do you feel in any way that openly carrying a firearm in public would elicit taunting, or smarty comments, or possible trouble-making activities from some of society's undereducated? (work with me on this as I attempt to circumnavigate any reasons for the mods to pull this one)
7.) Do you feel that open carry is better than concealed carry?
8.) Does your state or permit allow both open and concealed carry?
1.) Do you get stared at in public for open carrying?
2.) Do you feel folks are whispering to one another after seeing that you are carrying a firearm?
3.) Do you ever think you are being discriminated against in one form or another from say a cashier that is rather short with you instead of being nice and talkative with the previous customer who isn't openly carrying?
4.) Do you feel some businesses will think of posting a no firearms sign after seeing you with weapon in their shop?
5.) Do you think that a child, seeing your openly carried firearm, will have different thoughts about the world after seeing this?
6.) Do you feel in any way that openly carrying a firearm in public would elicit taunting, or smarty comments, or possible trouble-making activities from some of society's undereducated? (work with me on this as I attempt to circumnavigate any reasons for the mods to pull this one)
7.) Do you feel that open carry is better than concealed carry?
8.) Does your state or permit allow both open and concealed carry?