I have a safe in the car for such occasions.
Just an observation on carrying in my state
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codebreaker
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Not uncommon for motorcycle riders here in OKC to be OC. I've seen quite a few. Also see a few in the ranching communities.
Have you considered Thunderwear?
I have thunderwear when I eat beans!
I live in a rural part of Arizona and seldom see open carry, mostly concealed. The only time I open carry is when out in the desert or hunting.
Concealed carry is relative. I was watching some sort of newsreel a couple of nights back. Some politician was being shadowed by a reporter and the politician's 'body guard' was concealing his handgun with the ineffective 'untucked polo shirt' method. I picked it up within a few seconds.
I got 'noticed' by a Bass Pro Shop employee last week. I was wasting time 'shopping' (not really at their prices) and the employee literally walked into me, saw the 'discreetly' carried handgun, and recoiled like I was a snake. So what? I'm legal. If he finds the sight on an OC handgun upsetting, there's a dress shop on the other side of the mall.
I got 'noticed' by a Bass Pro Shop employee last week. I was wasting time 'shopping' (not really at their prices) and the employee literally walked into me, saw the 'discreetly' carried handgun, and recoiled like I was a snake. So what? I'm legal. If he finds the sight on an OC handgun upsetting, there's a dress shop on the other side of the mall.
Open carry is now legal in S.C. if you have a permit and I have yet to see someone doing it. I probably would if I went down home to Edgefield county, Home of 10 governors including Strom Thurmond, .... but not here in my town... I know too many people and have no need for a confrontation either pro or con on guns....
BearBiologist
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Came across this and had/suggested the wife watch it (She has WA & UT permits). I corresponded a couple of times with Masood and he's always given straightforward answers to questions I've asked on other forums:
Armybrat
Buckeye
The SKS is bigger than he is.
Stantheman1986
Single-Sixer
99% of the time it's some weirdo Incels like this that walk around "open carrying " rifles
my one coworker who open carries his 1911 with like a 7 mag belt is a weirdo tooThat said, if it's done right and not over the top, doing like a "weak concealment " or kinda open but kinda concealed is fine, I sometimes dress like a 90s undercover movie cop just to run out to the movies with my kid or something, with jeans and an open flannel on with a J frame in an OWB holster that's basically open carried with a shirt loosely draped over it and no Karen's have ever shrieked about it
It's always some oddball with an Amazon nylon clip holster and a Hi Point drawing attention to himself
I'm glad they allowed open carry here in S.C. with a permit.... putting aside all the debate about it... I prefer to carry concealed but it is nice to not have to worry about my pistol peaking out.
I hate to say it but the real issue with some people open caring is not the gun but what they look like.... when ever I go out of town for more than a day... I get a hair cut and shave close.... yes, I know it should not matter.... but sometime in my 20's when I went to work for myself and started going to peoples homes I realized how you look and present yourself does matter. But then now I'm just another "old fat white man."
I hate to say it but the real issue with some people open caring is not the gun but what they look like.... when ever I go out of town for more than a day... I get a hair cut and shave close.... yes, I know it should not matter.... but sometime in my 20's when I went to work for myself and started going to peoples homes I realized how you look and present yourself does matter. But then now I'm just another "old fat white man."
beentheredone
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Open carry makes a politicaI statement. I carry concealed for protection, not politics.
I generally Concealed Carry in public but I have occasions to go BBQ gunning.
That's one of the few regrets I have... that I don't have many occasions to actually open carry my 'BBQ' gun(s).
Actually none as of late.....
Actually none as of late.....
"Open carry makes a politicaI statement. I carry concealed for protection, not politics."
We all have our OPINIONS. I can assure you, my open carry is a personal choice based on experience.
We all have our OPINIONS. I can assure you, my open carry is a personal choice based on experience.
warren5421
Single-Sixer
I carried concealed till 1968 when I became one of Uncle Sam's, then I carried open in condition three till I hit the war zone then it was condition one. Once out I went back to concealed till Indiana pass their Licensed Weapons Permit. Once the permit came in I went to IWB open carry. As age set in I find most people never notice the 1911 on my belt. They see a cell phone case and skip the gun. I see a lot of open carry around Indianapolis. Signs have no law in Indiana but you can be asked to leave a place by the management.
