It's a mindset that I've never experienced with open carriers.
So, saving the lives of my loved ones cannot be one of my goals? How about being a good witness?Written by Jonathan "Kaymen" Adkins, Sr.
As with everything in life the application of commonsense can make things easier and can protect us from harm and/or embarrassment. When you include a firearm the need for commonsense and to think is paramount. It is the duty of every conscientious gun owner to act in a safe and responsible manner. With the evil specter of gun control always ready to rear its head compounded by the issues with concealed carry any mistake or error in judgment by anyone carrying a concealed weapon will be used to fuel the fire.
The most dangerous weapon anyone has is not a firearm, a knife, or a club; it is the mind. Like any weapon it needs to be used properly and maintained properly. The way this is done is from training and practice. Once the necessary skills are learned they need to be maintained and hone, they say practice makes perfect, in a gunfight perfection is survival. Going to the range to fire a few rounds once in awhile is not training, you train as you live, you train with what you carry and you carry what you have been trained to carry.
The first thing to remember is concealed means concealed. If you are carrying a concealed weapon that means you should be the only one who knows you are carrying it. In some jurisdictions failure to properly conceal your firearm is a crime and can result in some stiff penalties. Flashing or displaying your weapon in any way defeats the entire purpose of concealed carry. The reason for carrying a weapon is self-defense, by carrying a weapon you are accepting the responsibility for you own safety and the safety of your love ones.
As a private citizen we are not police officers and it is not our duty to chase criminals, stop crimes or save the world. Survival is the only goal. NO IT ISNT When you fail to conceal your weapon it limits your options and can make you a target.Please give actual examples to support this often used but NEVER proven statement If you are spotted by one of the local gun hating democrat soccer moms then you are a target for her scorn and possibly the local police if she calls to report a man with a gun SO? who gives a rip what others think, I know I dont.... On the other hand, if a criminal hell-bent on committing a crime spots your weapon you are now an obstacle that can complicate his plans thus a target BULLCRAP!!! again, give examples, If you are properly carrying a concealed weapon and the situation justifies it you have the ability to act to protect a life, I cannot properly defend myself if I am open carrying???????
however if the situation does not justify you taking action you can remain concealed and become the best witness possible.
If you find yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time and you are forced into action, the most important thing in a gunfight is to have a gun. You do not really need a gun until you really need a gun. You cannot defend yourself with the weapon that you left on the nightstand at home or in the glove box of the car. Once you have made the decision to act you act with extreme prejudice, it is always preferable to be involved in a shooting than to be involved in a gunfight.
Once the fight starts you are in it till the end, there are no time outs, there are no referees, and there are no rules You are trying to make some with this article, for example, that you ALWAYS need to conceal it....make up your mind here... You can make plans and think you will react a certain way, but once the rounds start to fly everything goes out the window. The best laid plans only last till first contact with the enemy.
Remember your only goal is survival, REALLY? what about your statement of being a good witness? if you are not shooting you should be reloading, running, or both WHY? and What about staying put behind cover?. Distance is your friend, if you have a good shooting stance you are probably not moving fast enough or using cover correctly. The faster you finish the fight the less you get shot! Statistics show you will finish the fight with what is in the gun. This does not mean you do not need to carry extra ammunition; statistics have never saved a life. This is the same principle of needing a gun; you do not need extra ammo until you really need that extra magazine. Most failures to load in automatic pistols are magazine problems, if you can change the magazine it can get you back into the fight. But always remember that wolves hunt in packs; once the main threat has been eliminated keep an eye out for his friends.
We have all heard that discretion is the greater part of valor, the only way to guarantee you win a fight is to avoid the fight. While armed every confrontation you experience will involve a gun, yours. If you can evade, avoid, or deescalate any situation the life you are saving may be your own. Remember survival is your only goal!
And your point on 08 is?
It is the kind of thing that is timeless also I do not look for posting dates.leasantry:
If you look at the profile for the OP, you would see he has not posted since '09....... So he wont be commenting on this thread anymore in all likelihood.. THAT IS MY POINT:man_in_love:
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To me the tactical advantage to concealing a firearm is it gives you options, and hopefully time. In my opinion, if I were a bad guy intent on committing a crime my first objective would be to remove the paramount threat; police officers, security guards, and legally armed citizens. Basic reasoning and survival of the fittest?
By open carrying yes you may and most likely would be a deterrent. If I were a bad guy I would walk on by and move to an easier target. But that does not always happen, if all crooks were Einsteins then we would really be in trouble. The problem is the intent of the bad guy, if he really wants what you have he will try to take it. I feel that by concealing your weapon, you are reserving the option of taking action, you are not making yourself a clear and present danger to the bad guy. You can hide with the sheep and take action on your terms and not the bad guys, giving yourself the element of surprise, what tactician would disagree with having surprise on your side. I always prefer to act then being forced to react to a situation.
the intent of the remark was to point out there are people out there that are terrified when they see a weapon. They may not know it is legal to open carry in many places, they may not understand that the person carrying the weapon is just intent on protecting himself and is taking the responsibility for his personal safety. When fear enters the picture reason usually vanishes. While I personally do not care what others think, I do not want to be caught up in a scene caused by someone else because I choose to openly carry a firearm.
By concealed carry you are giving the criminal and yourself NO options. If the criminal chooses to evaluate you as a target, you have given him no reason to change his mind. You have given him no reason to consider any other options. All you have presented to him is the image of a target that is no different than 99% of the other targets. If he chooses to attack you, you have no option but to defend yourself.
While open carry may not give me any options beyond what the concealed carrier has, it certainly provides an option to the criminal that he did not have before. He now has the option to choose to attack a visibly hardened target, one that clearly has the ability to kill him, or he has the option to let me walk on by, and wait a couple minutes for the next apparently unarmed person to come along. Or he can walk down to the next block and check out the convenience store there where there most likely will not be "Dirty Harry" there.
A career criminal did not become a career criminal by making foolish decisions. They are smart enough not to mess with people with guns, because there are much easier ways to get what they want. That's how they became a career criminal in the first place. The amateur criminal is more than likely just going to soil himself in his pants when he sees the gun. We have yet to see ONE example where a criminal targeted Joe Schmoe citizen while open carrying.
Look at my photo posted a few posts above. Seriously, a bad buy busts into a convenience store, shoves a gun in the counter person's face and demands money. I tighten my elbow over my gun. Do you REALLY think in the heat of the moment he is going to see the tiny bit of my gun exposed? Do you REALLY think he is going to notice the tiny action of my elbow tightening against my gun? But, when it comes time to draw and shoot, who is going to have the advantage? The concealed carrier is first going to have to move the concealing clothing away from his gun, and then draw his gun and fire - I've saved myself one step already by open carrying.
How do you propose to change their fearful attitudes if all they ever see of guns is what the Brady Campaign and the media show them? Would they not be more likely to change their opinions if they see normal Americans carrying guns for self-protection while going about their normal daily activities? Are they not more likely to change their opinions if they do call the cops, and the police re-affirm that the person carrying the gun is completely legal to do so? The idea that a gun must be concealed and hidden away, because it is a scary object only re-affirms their fears and promotes the idea that the gun is an evil object that must be hidden.
Printed pages 30-33 of this document:
http://www.gunfacts.info/pdfs/gun-facts/5.1/gun-facts-5.1-screen.pdf
contains some pretty good statistics that show that felons themselves have said it's just not worth it to mess with a known armed target or to steal a gun from the person carrying it.
Be careful! It seems if you do not research the op's birthday and how long ago they posted you will be spanked!:wacko: You even need to research if they have been on since who knows how long. How petty!
It was a good site to but things being what they are I believe I shall bow out now. enjoy.
I think situational awareness is a huge factor in both avoidance and prevention, probably more than anything else.
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i admit i prefer concealed carry for many reasons already talked about. but i have open carried on a few occassions in rural settings. this subject has and will continue to be debated. but there is no way i think that open carry should be banned and the states that it is need to change their laws. "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" at the same time states like maryland, california and others need to loosen up on concealed carry. i may not open carry much but to anybody who wants to thats your right and i will support it. please support me when i conceal carry
Is Taurus semi-auto handguns as reliable as GLOCK? Do they jam up/FTF often?
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