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Open Carry Issues & Discussions Discussion regarding open carry in those States where it is legal to do so. This is not a place to debate the virtues of open vs concealed carry.

View Poll Results: What is your most asked question while open carrying?
Are you a police officer? 45 50.00%
Is that a real gun? 15 16.67%
*Awkward silence* 11 12.22%
Other, please specify 19 21.11%
Voters: 90. You may not vote on this poll

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Old October 13th, 2009, 01:36 AM   #11
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Old October 13th, 2009, 02:37 AM   #12
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Awkward Silence

Since nothing has been said to me...yet.
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Old October 13th, 2009, 02:41 AM   #13
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The only time I have open carried is at the gun range during a tournament. The only comment I have had was

"Gosh. I thought Glocks were accurate. Why can't you hit ?"
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Old October 13th, 2009, 06:09 AM   #14
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Most of the time people fail to notice, but those who do ask

"Are you allowed to carry a gun around like that?"

I just say "Yes open carry is legal in Alaska!" One guy said "I should get one!" I assume he meant buying a handgun which is cool. I can only hope he becomes proficient in its use.
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Old October 19th, 2009, 01:30 PM   #15
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"Are you a police officer?"

Which is always met with a friendly "Nope, just an ordinary citizen."

Which opens up the "how can you carry a gun then?" and a great discussion on how NC is an OC state, how to get your CCHP, yes I am an instructor, yes my company does do Concealed Carry classes, here's my card. ;)
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Old October 19th, 2009, 09:06 PM   #16
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"Are you a police officer?"

Which is always met with a friendly "Nope, just an ordinary citizen."

Which opens up the "how can you carry a gun then?" and a great discussion on how NC is an OC state, how to get your CCHP, yes I am an instructor, yes my company does do Concealed Carry classes, here's my card. ;)
Hey, welcome back Bunny. How was your "vacation?"

As for me, my most often asked question is more a statement. To wit; "That looks like a gun." I usually tell them that it IS a gun. To which the next question is "Can you take it out of the holster so I can look at it?"

"Uhh, no."
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Old October 19th, 2009, 10:22 PM   #18
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Open Carry is not legal in South Carolina ;
except on your own property.
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Old October 19th, 2009, 11:43 PM   #19
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Open Carry is not legal in South Carolina ;
except on your own property.
Which is a silly thing to say since you can hunt in SC and in order to hunt you need to be openly carrying a firearm. Since hunting is not the exclusive province of rifles, openly carrying a handgun in SC IS legal.

So, what you need to do is give your state legislature a bit of perspective and get rid of the "no open carry" stuff.
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Old October 20th, 2009, 12:49 AM   #20
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Open Carry is not legal in South Carolina ;
except on your own property.


what about Black Powder?? its specifically exempt from being a pistol under the laws of SC
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