I never knew how hard it was to debate with a closed mind.
I never even considered open carry until recently reading, I think it was Mainsails, arguments for it in the open carry forum. Now, I'm intrigued. I've carried concealed for quite a long time, but am having a hard time envisioning myself strolling around with my 1911 for all the world to see (I don't like people looking at my 1911, you see). Anyway...the political and tactical arguments seemed very persuasive.
This you, Mainsail? You da man.
Seriously, I guess I'm gonna have to try open carry pretty soon. I find I like the arguments for it, especially the political ones. It's gonna take some balls on my part, tho, as I KNOW it's gonna draw lots of looks, questions, etc. I'm not worried so much about LEO as they pretty much know me but all the everday folks I run into are gonna comment. For the record, NOBODY open carries in the small city I live in (about 50,000), so I'm betting it would make the local paper. Because I'm attuned to "running under the radar", it's gonna take a different mindset on my part. I'm working on it....
I believe the state says you can open carry or conceal carry as long as you have a concealed carry permit. I will recheck that, for sure, before I OC. I haven't thought to check the city law as I just assumed that state law superceded. I'll have to check that also.
More and more I'm liking the idea of OC. Guess you can teach an old dog new tricks.
Here in Utah OC and CC or both legal. I open carry a lot in my car, home and yard. I still open carry about 30% of the time. So if you broke down the numbers 30% open carry, 40% casual conceal(shirt over gun) and 30% deep conceal(usually only at work).
Yes, North Dakota is a permit only open carry state and does have state preemption of firearm laws so the state law would be the most restrictive.
It depends on the circumstance. As a teacher I have to wait till I am off work and off campus here in Dayton Ohio. I can't even keep it in the car on campus so I leave it at home. First thing I do when I get home is put on the holster and gett the gun out of the safe. If my shirt tail is tucked in I OC for the rest of the day. Otherwise I CC.
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