Open Carry - What do you think? - Page 7

Paco · June 19th, 2008, 06:34 PM

What I find funny is in TX I can't OC my pistol, but I can walk down the road with a loaded rifle (non assault type) with no worries, well almost no worries. I'm sure I could get stopped and asked what I am doing, but legally speaking I can trot along with my loaded Remington and have not a care in the world.

Wonder if I should try this with my WWII Mauser, hmm....

tankdriver · June 19th, 2008, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by TacticalCompact

I personally believe that a gun openly displayed would probably circumvent most occassions where you could use the "element of surprise" to your advantage.

Then again, maybe we should all wear fanny-packs and photographer's vests, while keeping our guns IWB @ 4:00 or in a smart-carry hahaha.

It might cause the person to look else where, unless I have SOMETHING he wants and does not care what it takes to get it. NRA mag had a "Armed Citzen" newspaper article where a women shot a guy one time, he gets up and comes at her again. She shoots him a second time.

I see no reason to take one option away just to open carry. If he does not know I'm carring, it gives me the advantage. If I was a crook, and you had something I REALLY wanted and I saw you were armed, I just bid my time wait for you to look down to unlock the door, turn toward the car to unlock the door,,,whatever and just shoot you in the back from a safe distance. Get what I was after and leave. If I did not know you were armed, I might make a mistake and give you a chance to get me.

Just one more option. Just like not posting in your front yard you have 20 guns inside........

uakaos · June 19th, 2008, 08:40 PM

in nevada open carry is legal but will get you a talkin to by the cops.
me and a few friends excersize out rights by all OC on saturdays. some people get use to it and others freak out. 7-11 no longer calls the cops. instead they ask me what its like to carry and how i get away with it.

TacticalCompact · June 19th, 2008, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by uakaos

in nevada open carry is legal but will get you a talkin to by the cops.
me and a few friends excersize out rights by all OC on saturdays. some people get use to it and others freak out. 7-11 no longer calls the cops. instead they ask me what its like to carry and how i get away with it.

Cool.

SubNine · June 19th, 2008, 10:48 PM

It's funny how the open carry threads attract so much attention on this forum. LOL! Everyone is so quick to voice their opinions, even though the same things have been said time and time again.

ccw9mm · June 19th, 2008, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by 500Mag

When was the last time you read "criminal targets guy OC'ing"?

Most every instance of a bank robbery in which the on-duty, armed security guard was targeted. Ignoring that one could get the BG's killed. Targeting him/them, specifically, at the outset can result in a successful robbery (from the BG's point of view).

crzy4guns · June 20th, 2008, 02:20 AM

I am all for open carry, but you do loose the element of surprise and as it has been stated before, you may become a target because of it.

rdoggsilva · June 20th, 2008, 04:34 AM

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Originally Posted by CR2008

I know several people have have done this in Georgia, where OC is legal... they CC most of the time but when they are around some lonely looking place, especially if they perceived a BG eying them they move to OC.

I think this is a good strategy where ever it is legal to OC and CC... if I were in a lonely parking lot real late at night coming from Kroger super market or some place, I would rather be OCing but I would never concider OCing 24/7.

As stated earlier I carry concealed. But if we are shopping late at night I will place my shirt behind my weapon just in case. Going to the car in a dimly lighted parking lot, with few people around, makes one more cautious. This is one of the few times I OC.

FN1910 · June 20th, 2008, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by ccw9mm

Most every instance of a bank robbery in which the on-duty, armed security guard was targeted. Ignoring that one could get the BG's killed. Targeting him/them, specifically, at the outset can result in a successful robbery (from the BG's point of view).

Wow - That is a point that I have never thought about before and makes as much sense as any other argument about OC vs CC as I have ever heard. How many LEO are shot every year and I would assume that most of them are OC rather than CC? Sort of puts a damper on the idea that a BG will run from someone OC. I know some will say apples vs. oranges but is it?

QKShooter · June 20th, 2008, 03:01 PM

Not too common here in the U.S. but, in some other countries LEOs are gang ambushed just to gain possession of their carry firearm.

Just making a statement of fact and nothing more than that.

Will that ever become more common here? Who can say?

June 19th, 2008, 06:34 PM	#61
Paco Distinguished Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: McKinney, TX Posts: 1,698	What I find funny is in TX I can't OC my pistol, but I can walk down the road with a loaded rifle (non assault type) with no worries, well almost no worries. I'm sure I could get stopped and asked what I am doing, but legally speaking I can trot along with my loaded Remington and have not a care in the world. Wonder if I should try this with my WWII Mauser, hmm.... __________________ "Don't hit at all if you can help it; don't hit a man if you can possibly avoid it; but if you do hit him, put him to sleep." - Theodore Roosevelt If you are not willing to stand behind our Troops, feel free to stand in front of them! -Paco

June 19th, 2008, 08:40 PM	#63
uakaos Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: reno nevada Posts: 158	in nevada open carry is legal but will get you a talkin to by the cops. me and a few friends excersize out rights by all OC on saturdays. some people get use to it and others freak out. 7-11 no longer calls the cops. instead they ask me what its like to carry and how i get away with it. __________________ "An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it."

June 19th, 2008, 10:48 PM	#65
SubNine Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Anchorage Alaska Posts: 971	It's funny how the open carry threads attract so much attention on this forum. LOL! Everyone is so quick to voice their opinions, even though the same things have been said time and time again. __________________ USMC rule # 23 of gunfighting: Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

June 20th, 2008, 02:20 AM	#67
crzy4guns Distinguished Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kansas Posts: 1,327	I am all for open carry, but you do loose the element of surprise and as it has been stated before, you may become a target because of it. __________________ The closest helping hand is the one at your wrist.

June 20th, 2008, 03:01 PM	#70
QKShooter Assistant Administrator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Off Of The X Posts: 19,798	Not too common here in the U.S. but, in some other countries LEOs are gang ambushed just to gain possession of their carry firearm. Just making a statement of fact and nothing more than that. Will that ever become more common here? Who can say? __________________ Support Our Military. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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