Open Carry???

I'm 100 billion per cent for OP or CC. Just don't know if I would OC just to get gas or smokes but will diffenetly carry in the field.
 
Originally Posted By: LUCKYDOGI don't want to rag on you guys but some of you sound like anti's.

I carry open and I have for years.

Go to http://opencarry.org/

Not at all an ANTI..I just think that besides being able to LEGALLY own, that one should also have half a brain. Some common sense at the minimum.

ETA- I think it`s the dipchits like this fella I was was refering to that is OUR worst enemy....Not quite a .50 Desert Eagle, but close..hanging half out of your jeans pocket at a convienience store?? come on
 
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Originally Posted By: NitromanOriginally Posted By: ChupathingyOriginally Posted By: NitromanI am in corrections. Whenever I close the door of my house behind me I have a sidearm. I have a Beretta Mod21 .22lr that is smaller than the palm of my hand. Or an AMT Backup in .45ACP, Glock Mod 23 or Colt 1911 Gub'Mint. I always have something. Oh, and two pocketknives, Spyderco Military Models secreted about my person.

Bad guys aren't going to see you carrying and make a play for you. They are looking for sheep, and there are a lot of sheep. If you don't show your fangs, you are sheep. A predator knows a predator, and the hyenas know the lions. I am a lion, and the hyenas steer clear.

I work with these guys 12/7 week-on, week-off. They don't even have to speak to you to know if you are a lion or a sheep; they'll spot you across the street. It is all about how you carry yourself, how aware you are, the look in your eye. And you had BEST make eye contact. Anyone who refuses eye contact is meat.

Think about it.

What were you in for?


Chupa

That was either a foolish attempt at deliberately being ugly, or your reading skills are sub par. Maybe you should take an interpretive reading class and try again. Here, I'll spell it out for you: I work in corrections as a correctional officer.

Alaska recently went from a shall issue state to a no-permit-required state. Our crime rate has continuously fallen since shall issue was enacted back in 1994.

Neither. You said something that tickled me and I yanked your chain a bit. When I say something that can be poked at ( and it will happen) I expect the same from every one else. You're relatively new here and probably don't know every body's personality yet, but there is no malice in anything I say.

Chupa

BTW, Roar
 
Originally Posted By: dmpowder

Funny how some people still think the bad guys follow the laws!




I follow the law, and I have been called much worse than a "Bad Guy".

Chupa
 
I find it interesting how many people carry concealed but have to show their gun to people.Even people they just met.Like someone said just because you have a gun someone could take it from you. Nobody has eyes in the back of their head all the time.It could be easy for someone to hit a person in the head with a club and steel the gun. A gun always sells good and trades for drugs even better.Around here when they bust a small time dealer they almost always get a bunch of stolen guns also.I think if legal to do so a man has a right to do things how he wants to and support that,I just don't think it is wise to advertise. You don't know who is watching or what they may be thinking.Around here to many people need to do a better job of securing their guns in the home.I know a thief can and will sometimes steel a safe and all,but its harder than picking it up from behind the door.
 
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Originally Posted By: ChupathingyOriginally Posted By: NitromanI am in corrections. Whenever I close the door of my house behind me I have a sidearm. I have a Beretta Mod21 .22lr that is smaller than the palm of my hand. Or an AMT Backup in .45ACP, Glock Mod 23 or Colt 1911 Gub'Mint. I always have something. Oh, and two pocketknives, Spyderco Military Models secreted about my person.

Bad guys aren't going to see you carrying and make a play for you. They are looking for sheep, and there are a lot of sheep. If you don't show your fangs, you are sheep. A predator knows a predator, and the hyenas know the lions. I am a lion, and the hyenas steer clear.

I work with these guys 12/7 week-on, week-off. They don't even have to speak to you to know if you are a lion or a sheep; they'll spot you across the street. It is all about how you carry yourself, how aware you are, the look in your eye. And you had BEST make eye contact. Anyone who refuses eye contact is meat.

Think about it.

What were you in for?


Chupa I took it for what it was Chupa,
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I'm sure the antis just love these type of discussions. They play right into their strategy of divide and concur.

The more of us that decide open carry is bad or that black rifles are bad or that magazines that hold more than 10 rounds are bad, the weaker gun owners as a whole become.

We really shouldn't worry about how our fellow gun people exercise their individual right TKABA. What we should worry about are those that would strip all of us of those rights.

If you think open carry is a bad idea, don't do it, but don't deny others the chance to make their own decisions.
 
You have a point justin, I`m all for open carry or conceal carry, just be smart about it.
Thinking back to last October, I thinks this fella aspired to be/look like the evil villain opposite Tommy L Jones in the movie No Country for Old Men.
I wasn`t scared but may have been suffering from `gun envy` with my little LCP tucked away.
I should remember,` never judge a book by its cover`.
 
Ok, I'll jump in too. I generally don't open carry in public , except as mentioned above from the fellow from PA, maybe in hunting season. I CC frequently,and should always - no need not to, just like my pocketknife in my pocket like my Daddy taught me. Think that's not comparable? Look up 9/11 and boxcutters. Even pistols in the plane cabins might have not averted that one due to element of surprise.

This all said, I see some of the argument against OC by obvious "idiot" types, however, and I will state this strongly, I believe that our opinions of EVERYONE having the right to carry, and how they do it, is already swayed by the anti-gun opinion of "that person shouldn't carry becuz of.....this reason or that excuse", while we KNOW that WE are just fine to carry a gun. Yet, letting those same "idiots" vote, breed, carry pocketknives and boxcutters, drive 2000-80,000 pound vehicles capable of going well in excess of 100 mph, starting at age 16, near pedestrians with other human lives in the vehicle, speak freely on the net, etc., etc., etc., is not an issue of equal importance in terms of public safety in our minds. I submit that the anti's have gotten into even our brains over the years. Even we (pro-gun & pro-personally-responsible-for-your-own-safety types) view potential death or physical harm by gun as worse and more frightening than other forms of potential death or physical harm. And that is wrong, period. It's potential death and physical harm, period, regardless the cause, which is generally another human doing something they shouldn't near you - the tool, or weapon, if there is one, does not matter really. You're just as harmed or dead.

I submit that the anti's have gotten into even our heads over the years. I submit that wishing that someone looking "idiotic", even though I may agree with you wholeheartedly in certain cases, shouldn't be carrying openly, is a fear we shouldn't have, esp. if we are prepared ourselves. Preparation for self-preservation in the modern world has become frowned upon way too much - such that they have reality shows about it now. If everyone carries, many more are safe.

Rant off.

Oh, and no one not proven guilty of continual felonious actions should NOT have to apply for a permit to carry any weapon in a "free" society - criminals don't - many carry for a lifetime, and are never prosecuted.
 
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I appreciate your post too Mike B. It`s good for me to think about things from others perspectives.
For the record, I don`t believe I ever stated I was against OC, just that sometimes I think I`d rather not know..lol
 
If open carry is legal where you live, I suggest that you try it. It's a rush. When you first try open carry your nerves are on end. After a few times, the rush goes away but the nerves are still there. After a lot of times, the nerves are relaxed but you are always very aware. It is really very cool and it is our right as Americans. A right not used, is a right that will soon be taken away.

Once again, I want to invite you guys to a very cool site. This is not an attempt at spam. I have been a member here for years and this (predator masters) is my favorite site. I'm just showing you guys a great site for the subject that has been brought up. Click on the link below.

http://opencarry.org/
 
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I`ll give it a look LUCKYDOG. I have open carried before years ago(~25) when I lived in Phx. AZ. but only when I was headed out to the desert for the week ends. I had a decent holster and belt for it (wish I could find the holster again..Uncle Mikes IIRC, and it had a grooved plastic piece where the front sight would ride). 6" Stainless Colt
Not sure if OC is legal here or not but believe it is.
 
Originally Posted By: Hooked
ETA- I think it`s the dipchits like this fella I was was refering to that is OUR worst enemy....Not quite a .50 Desert Eagle, but close..hanging half out of your jeans pocket at a convienience store?? come on

How many thousands of weapons have you seen carried in your lifetime? Are you going to base your opinion on one Dork?

I have lived in this old world for over a half a century and I have never witnessed a civilian that was carrying a handgun, as wrong as you have described. I have however, seen thousands of handguns carried properly.

Most anyone that would dare carry open in the world of today is a good person.
 
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Originally Posted By: HookedI`ll give it a look LUCKYDOG. I have open carried before years ago(~25) when I lived in Phx. AZ. but only when I was headed out to the desert for the week ends. I had a decent holster and belt for it (wish I could find the holster again..Uncle Mikes IIRC, and it had a grooved plastic piece where the front sight would ride). 6" Stainless Colt
Not sure if OC is legal here or not but believe it is.

Opencarry.org has it broken down to indivdual states. I haven't posted there for some time now but I think I will spend some time there in the near future.
 
I know..I know...and actually besides thinking what a dork I accepted it as his RIGHT.....ok and also the thought may have crossed my mind how easy it would be for me to snatch it from him and deliver a good pistol whipping...
 
Originally Posted By: HookedI know..I know...and actually besides thinking what a dork I accepted it as his RIGHT.....ok and also the thought may have crossed my mind how easy it would be for me to snatch it from him and deliver a good pistol whipping...

LMAO!! That's funny!
 
Well, like I said, I benefit from others perspectives, and you never know what the guys situation was..couldn`t lock it in his car and didn`t have a holster..ya never know..shady lookin` character though.I didn`t make that up..not one bit.
 
Originally Posted By: HookedWell, like I said, I benefit from others perspectives, and you never know what the guys situation was..couldn`t lock it in his car and didn`t have a holster..ya never know..shady lookin` character though.I didn`t make that up..not one bit.

I don't doubt your word at all. The fact that he looked shady helps make my point. I have never witnessed anyone shady that was carrying open. Dumb maybe. Shady never.
 


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