Does Indiana law require me to carry my handgun on my person in a concealed or exposed manner?
Indiana law is silent on this issue; however, carrying an exposed firearm in public may be alarming to some people and create unnecessary and unwanted attention to yourself. Your right to carry a firearm may also be restricted on private property, various sporting venues, and some businesses by the owners.
I live in Pa.. a license to carry State... meaning anything goes... open or conceal.... I've been a licenses to carry civilian since 1977 and understand the culture. This is how I look at open carry..
when open carry makes you an object of attention, then its a bad idea... I do not carry open even though I can... occasionally, I see a guy with open carry.. and everyone is looking at him.. and not in a positive way... the worst thing is, his right to carry open, is trumped by him being the first target in a planed attack, anywhere where he is carrying.. Now if everyone carried, then he would not stand out. And also if everyone carried, there would be some incentive not to be a bad guy... I hope you are following this.,. When I go hunting upstate where everyone carries openly, I also carry openly.. because I am part of the ordinary local population... The idea behind conceal carry is two fold...it doesn't draw attention to you... cops do not have to react ( On guard ), off duty cops don't have to react, and most importantly, untrained civilian legal weapons carriers do not put you on their radar ( wondering what your intentions are ). IN areas where open carry is not common, people are offended, scared, undue pressure put on their anti gun position...etc. while every licensee person has the right.. its not in their best interest to expose their weapon in an area where it is not common.
That's how I see it.
I live in Pa.. a license to carry State... meaning anything goes... open or conceal.... I've been a licenses to carry civilian since 1977 and understand the culture. This is how I look at open carry..
when open carry makes you an object of attention, then its a bad idea... I do not carry open even though I can... occasionally, I see a guy with open carry.. and everyone is looking at him.. and not in a positive way... the worst thing is, his right to carry open, is trumped by him being the first target in a planed attack, anywhere where he is carrying.. Now if everyone carried, then he would not stand out. And also if everyone carried, there would be some incentive not to be a bad guy... I hope you are following this.,. When I go hunting upstate where everyone carries openly, I also carry openly.. because I am part of the ordinary local population... The idea behind conceal carry is two fold...it doesn't draw attention to you... cops do not have to react ( On guard ), off duty cops don't have to react, and most importantly, untrained civilian legal weapons carriers do not put you on their radar ( wondering what your intentions are ). IN areas where open carry is not common, people are offended, scared, undue pressure put on their anti gun position...etc. while every licensee person has the right.. its not in their best interest to expose their weapon in an area where it is not common.
That's how I see it.
That's how I see it.
A person can only see things one way.... your reality must be different than my reality.... in areas where open carry is not common everyone looks upon it as a threat... that's the reality where I live.... in areas of my state where open carry is common, it isn't given a second thought.... seems simple to me No need for the comment.. my post was too the OP not to a tactless ( puff your chest I'm a tough guy behind my monitor ) boys club memberThank goodness that is only the way you see it.... Completely different than reality.
Boys club comment...Aaaaaaand here comes the pissing contest
I live in Pa.. a license to carry State... meaning anything goes... open or conceal.... I've been a licenses to carry civilian since 1977 and understand the culture. This is how I look at open carry..
when open carry makes you an object of attention, then its a bad idea... I do not carry open even though I can... occasionally, I see a guy with open carry.. and everyone is looking at him.. and not in a positive way... the worst thing is, his right to carry open, is trumped by him being the first target in a planed attack, anywhere where he is carrying.. Now if everyone carried, then he would not stand out. And also if everyone carried, there would be some incentive not to be a bad guy... I hope you are following this.,. When I go hunting upstate where everyone carries openly, I also carry openly.. because I am part of the ordinary local population... The idea behind conceal carry is two fold...it doesn't draw attention to you... cops do not have to react ( On guard ), off duty cops don't have to react, and most importantly, untrained civilian legal weapons carriers do not put you on their radar ( wondering what your intentions are ). IN areas where open carry is not common, people are offended, scared, undue pressure put on their anti gun position...etc. while every licensee person has the right.. its not in their best interest to expose their weapon in an area where it is not common.
That's how I see it.
Boys club comment...
People in this forum have asked me where the " boys cub " review comment from this forum came from... IM just pointing out that the hundreds of reviewers of this forum in the website called Gun forum review were correct in giving this forum a thumbs down and only one star calling it a boys club... the hostility toward me in the two weeks I have been here is typical of a boys club forum.. just pointing out that I didn't start any of the hostility, just point to it as I did with many of your post, just like this one of yours.. just a smart assed post to my pointing out where the poor review came from in the first place.. I came here to have fun and share my experiences... not to swat the flies of the people who do this forum a dis service.. no wonder there are only a couple dozen regulars here.. and most are chest pounders. school yard mentality... ( boys club ) the new people who come here are always nice until they get chased away but the school yard regular bullies who hang out here...there are some very nice people here who have PM'd me about the tough guys here, " the legends in their own mind ". .. I don't need to posture like a school boy.. but its easy to see who is who. The boys who have no respect for older people.Your post at Eidolon did nothing to enhance this forum or this thread .. only to prove the mentality found here.
when open carry makes you an object of attention, then its a bad idea...
the worst thing is, his right to carry open, is trumped by him being the first target in a planed attack, anywhere where he is carrying..
IN areas where open carry is not common, people are offended, scared, undue pressure put on their anti gun position...etc.
while every licensee person has the right.. its not in their best interest to expose their weapon in an area where it is not common.
People in this forum have asked me where the " boys cub " review comment from this forum came from... IM just pointing out that the hundreds of reviewers of this forum in the website called Gun forum review were correct in giving this forum a thumbs down and only one star calling it a boys club...
the hostility toward me in the two weeks I have been here is typical of a boys club forum.. just pointing out that I didn't start any of the hostility,
...there are some very nice people here who have PM'd me about the tough guys here, " the legends in their own mind "...
The boys who have no respect for older people.
in areas where open carry is not common everyone looks upon it as a threat...
Your post at me did nothing to enhance this forum or this thread .. only to prove the mentality found here.
I find it interesting that Indiana's website has that statement that open carrying might draw unwanted attention. I may have to look into it a bit more to see if I can find why it's there.
If approached by a law enforcement officer for official business purposes, it is recommended that you tell the officer in a non-threatening manner that you are in possession of a firearm and that you have a permit.
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