Open Carry Does Not Work: Check Out Short Video
In the past, three different jobs required me to open carry and at least I was wearing a uniform.
As a civilian, I carry a concealed pistol.
This gives me the tactical advantage of surprise.
I even carry it into my credit union where I'm not supposed to.
Guess I'm a rebel with a cause.
As a civilian, I carry a concealed pistol.
This gives me the tactical advantage of surprise.
I even carry it into my credit union where I'm not supposed to.
Guess I'm a rebel with a cause.
The video brings out the two major problems with OC. One is that a criminal may take it from you. Well, technically, this is also possible with concealed carry (e.g., if they are mugging you, and check your pockets, etc.). But the best solution is to just make sure you are situationally aware. All the time.
The other problem is that if I OC it makes me a target. Well first of all, that is a good thing for you! If I am the first target, then that means you are not the first target. So why is this guy complaining?
But also, guess what: that same line of reasoning applies to professional law enforcement. It makes them a target? And yet the vast majority of law enforcement professionals prefer open carry. I suggest it is because its impact as a deterrent far outweighs the risk of making you a target. Open carry is an effective deterrent and will stop (or at least postpone) most crimes before they begin. At the very least, this is a tactical decision that should be left to the individual.
OC is more convenient. Not as much issue with tucking, untucking, adjusting, etc. It is nicer in hot weather. It lends itself to quicker draws.
In some states, OC is the norm. In some states, OC has been legal since the beginning, and recent pushes to allow concealed carry have been met with opposition. "Concealed carry? That is sneaky. What have you got to hide? If you want concealed carry, you must be up to no good." Of course this is silly. It is true that most criminals prefer concealed carry, because they don't want to draw attention to themselves. But the fact is simply that people are used to what they know, and education is critical.
The benefit of concealed carry is that it is out-of-sight-out-of-mind. Having a thin piece of cloth over your gun makes you less offensive to liberals. And it doesn't make you a target. But it does make you a more likely victim. Most criminals prefer unarmed victims, or at least people that appear to be unarmed victims. Look like a victim, become a victim.
I conceal carry most of the time in order to stay legal and to not offend some of my friends (and for convenience, to avoid having to switch back and forth between open and concealed). But I do see a lot of value to OC, and wish more people would do it.
Oklahoma didn't have any gun carry restrictions until the 1970s, and it wasn't unusual to see ranchers with sixgun on their hip, and gun racks in their pickups. Current gun laws being enacted are an attempt to recover that time, but with the cultural changes, and a more "diverse" population, we'll have to see if that's such a good idea.
Right-handed me now carries my "pocket pistol" in my right pocket, having shifted my billfold to my left.
Old dino now ponders an interesting approach of finally obtaining quality leadership.
A guard with a visible gun is more likely to deter a criminal than a guard with no visible gun. Concealing your gun can slow down the time that it takes to react. I don't think there is one right answer.
My laundry door has a NRA car sticker on it as a scarecrow to burglars.who always run the risk of an armed someone in the house.
I preferred not to put that sticker on my car. That may clue a crook into breaking into the car to find a gun I always keep in it.
Anyone can see no one is in my car when I have it parked somewhere.
I have a safety because there is a round in the chamber with the hammer cocked back.
I'm not going to shoot a little kid in the head during that adrenaline-pumping instant I have to pull my gun.
My aim will be moving on target when I thumb down the safety.
I've had plenty of practice at that.
I'm shooter competent. I've annually NRA qualified with three different firearms roughly 21 times for the Alabama DOC and twice more with a handgun to get a semi-retired security guard job.
But I know when I'm being attacked in the Gulch. Oh, yeah, I do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbPD_...
I hadn't heard that one, before. I'll have to remember it!
My argument is that, like when I was a bank guard, a crook or a terrorist would want to first take out anyone openly wearing a gun.
My strategy is to be the old guy unexpected shooter. My semiauto is set so all I have to do is thumb down the safety, aim and fire.
Bwahaha!
But the sight of someone with a rifle or a shotgun out in the country? Especially during hunting season? That would gain hardly more than a glance unless you were from New York City or some other libtard zone.
One time I bought an AR-15 as a gift for a close relative at a gun show in the civic center of downtown Birmingham, Alabama.
I had to walk a long way back to my car and I knew other buyers had left the civic center carrying all sorts of firearms case or no case, but I still feeling weird outside carrying that weapon in sight of tall city buildings.
There was no magazine in the unloaded weapon and I had no ammo for the mags I did have when a beggar hassled me for lunch money.
Wondering if his asking was but a shark bump for a hit, snatch and run mugging, I shook my head and stayed as clear of him as I could.
Once clear of that moocher obstacle, old dino still felt very self-conscious as he waited on a traffic light and crossed an intersection in sight of traffic on my way to several parking lots beneath a long overpass of Interstate I-20/59.
I was glad to get what Killary would call an assault rifle locked in my car trunk.
This is my rifle
This is my gun
this one's for fighting
This one's for fun
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The descriptive part i left out had to do with what was dangling as one ran their punishment laps. I am so glad I was soldiering back in the real days when by the one it took more than one day singular to claim any sort of bragging rights. Months or years was more like it.
Any recruit who called a rifle a gun would either have to do pushups or stand at attention, rifle held at point arms.
When he said "rifle" or" fighting" he would give his rifle a shake--when he said "gun" and "fun," he would point downstairs.
The only time I ever saw a whole marching company led by a drill instructor groping themselves was in the "Full Metal Jacket" movie.
Keep in mind that I only saw what little bit I saw. Parris Island and Camp Pendelton are big places with lots of squad bays.
No Stuff it really happened that way.
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The video brings out the two major problems with OC. One is that a criminal may take it from you. Well, technically, this is also possible with concealed carry (e.g., if they are mugging you, and check your pockets, etc.). But the best solution is to just make sure you are situationally aware. All the time.
The other problem is that if I OC it makes me a target. Well first of all, that is a good thing for you! If I am the first target, then that means you are not the first target. So why is this guy complaining?
But also, guess what: that same line of reasoning applies to professional law enforcement. It makes them a target? And yet the vast majority of law enforcement professionals prefer open carry. I suggest it is because its impact as a deterrent far out ways the risk of making you a target. Open carry is an effective deterrent and will stop (or at least postpone) most crimes before they begin. At the very least, this is a tactical decision that should be left to the individual.
OC is more convenient. Not as much issue with tucking, untucking, adjusting, etc. It is nicer in hot weather. It lends itself to quicker draws.
In some states, OC is the norm. In some states, OC has been legal since the beginning, and recent pushes to allow concealed carry have been met with opposition. "Concealed carry? That is sneaky. What have you got to hide? If you want concealed carry, you must be up to no good." Of course this is silly. It is true that most criminals prefer concealed carry, because they don't want to draw attention to themselves. But the fact is simply that people are used to what they know, and education is critical.
The benefit of concealed carry is that it is out-of-sight-out-of-mind. Having a thin piece of cloth over your gun makes you less offensive to liberals. And it doesn't make you a target. But it does make you a more likely victim. Most criminals prefer unarmed victims, or at least people that appear to be unarmed victims. Look like a victim, become a victim.
I conceal carry most of the time in order to stay legal and to not offend some of my friends (and for convenience, to avoid having to switch back and forth between open and concealed). But I do see a lot of value to OC, and wish more people would do it.
But then I've had a lot of practice being a speck of blue in a prison yard or a day room where all the convicted felons wear white in Alabama.
Being retired from that is so nice now.
I'm even done with my semi-retirement security guard work.
John Q. Public can add. One marked one unmarked means my chances of much greater than five over working are nil.
Just an add on. If are stopped for speeding and were within five over ask to see the police cars calibration card. That's a written record of the start of shift, end of shift, and during operational use accuracy checks of the radar type units or speed guns. Without that your claim of being within the limit is as valid as the speed guns claim you were speeding. Depends on the location. Some areas treat the whole thing as administrative which means a non defensible situation without courts and regular protections. No fault is another bad deal unless you were true guilty party. I often wonder if the insurance companies kick back anything to the jurisdiction that issued a No fault ticket. Guaranteed your rates are going up for both involved parties. .
Having been a bank guard in an otherwise gun free zone myself, I fully knew I was the number one obstacle/ target to overcome for a successful bank robbery.
Fortunately, I only had to deal with disruptive people and that was rare.
I've have wondered how many times a disobedient concealed carry person visited this or that bank while I was on duty.
Doing that secret voodoo that I do too.