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[Johnny Bravo]

Open carry in my state if you want and I have only seen it once. Little man got out of a lifted 4x4 with his family, had a gun on and some gay badge thing on his belt, and no, he was and officer. Open carry just makes you a target IMO. By the size of the dude in this picture, doubt anyone would even mess with him...just wants attention. People like this don't help the cause, they just make it worse IMO.

 

[amo16]

Open carry for protection against 2 legged critters is about the dumbest thing you can do.

 

[lifesupport4u]

Didn’t want to get mugged for my cough drops. You live in town or passing through? Seems like people are always trying to take my picture. You didn’t catch the 444 kasul on my ankle. If I had known you were in town I woulda had you over for some bbq and some episodes of gunsmoke

 

[Straight Arrow]

People like this don't help the cause, they just make it worse IMO.

Agree. Presently with so many on the fence with regard to the gun control issue(s), to openly and flagrantly throw the issue in their face by the intimidation of open-carry in inappropriate places and with an apparent threatening posture (whether self aware or not), it contradicts the support of 2A. It becomes "worse" because the conspicuously armed person pushes citizens (voters) off the fence toward more gun control ... without any inkling of what has just happened.

 

[DouglasR]

I see nothing wrong with it, but I wonder statistically how much more likely he is of being shot via accidental discharge than he is of actually being in a gun fight?

 

[DouglasR]

When you hop up in the pickup real quick and forget to take the one out of your ass crack holster
Ouch

 

[noharleyyet]

I see nothing wrong with it, but I wonder statistically how much more likely he is of being shot via accidental discharge than he is of actually being in a gun fight?

A real friend would tell him the potato goes in the front.

 

[BucksnDucks]

Agree. Presently with so many on the fence with regard to the gun control issue(s), to openly and flagrantly throw the issue in their face by the intimidation of open-carry in inappropriate places and with an apparent threatening posture (whether self aware or not), it contradicts the support of 2A. It becomes "worse" because the conspicuously armed person pushes citizens (voters) off the fence toward more gun control ... without any inkling of what has just happened.

Yep. If it's at all controversial in your town I think it indeed hurts the 2A cause in general.
So many of the Anti's in a crowded theater or Costco have no idea there are good guys with guns just blending into the crowd.

 

[Ben Lamb]

wait a second... are you actually Nicholai Hel? I mean it would explain so much...

I get more of a David Carradine in Kill Bill kind of vibe personally, but YMMV.

 

[Shangobango]

Open carry here is allowed here and it happens just enough to make it to where when I see someone with a pistol on their side in public I don't think anything of it.

The only time I open carry is if I just happen to have the pistol on my side anyway, like running in the grocery store or gas station on the way home from the woods or whatever. I have never gotten a comment or as much as a strange look that I can remember off the top of my head.

I don't don't really get why people would be uncomfortable around someone open carrying, but I grew up with a firearm in my hand and in the hands of everyone around me and I realize that a lot of people didn't.

Why firearm safety is not taught in high school is mind boggling to me.

Anyway, walk around openly strapped or don't, if Texas is anything like Louisiana no one cares.

 

[Deleted member 28227]

I get more of a David Carradine in Kill Bill kind of vibe personally, but YMMV.

Indeed though I think if anyone can go toe to toe with Trevanian on obscure lexicon it’s Ken.

 

[Ben Lamb]

Indeed though I think if anyone can go toe to toe with Trevanian on obscure lexicon it’s Ken.

When @noharleyyet greets you at home:

 

[elkduds]

Indeed though I think if anyone can go toe to toe with Trevanian on obscure lexicon it’s Ken.

Incident @ 20 Mile is in Ken's milieu and couture.

 

[VikingsGuy]

Why firearm safety is not taught in high school is mind boggling to me.

For the same reason some folks fight sex ed in school - the clueless belief that if we don’t teach kids about things they won’t exist.

 

[Jack Ryan]

WTF - If you feel the need to carry 3 handguns at one time to go to the grocery store you are living in the wrong neighborhood.

Agreed.

If you feel YOU CAN'T carry 3 handguns openly at one time to go to the grocery store if you freak'n well feel like it, because it would hurt your neighbors feelings, then you need to do it more often.

 

[JLS]

I don't don't really get why people would be uncomfortable around someone open carrying,

Because when I watch the dip shit wander around Winco with a level one retention holster, and he has absolutely no clue of what’s going on around him, that makes me a little nervous

 

[brocksw]

Texas allows for open carry of swords too, so be sure to add a nice broadsword or katana to the ensemble as well.

Those $100 swords work perfect for guarding a persons virginity.

 

[DouglasR]

Agreed.

If you feel YOU CAN'T carry 3 handguns openly at one time to go to the grocery store if you freak'n well feel like it, because it would hurt your neighbors feelings, then you need to do it more often.

Gawd damn, Jack Ryan had time today

 

[BucksnDucks]

Agreed.

If you feel YOU CAN'T carry 3 handguns openly at one time to go to the grocery store if you freak'n well feel like it, because it would hurt your neighbors feelings, then you need to do it more often.

Not so much worried about hurt feelings as propaganda for people who want to make it illegal.
Similar to driving around town with a bloody, dead deer on the hood of your car or posting videos of a gut shot animal suffering from a hunter's poor shot. It simply does not help the cause you may support.
Optics matter, whether you like it or not. Taunting those that disagree with you may feel good, but usually does not garner support on a divided issue.

 

[Rzrbck918]

No. The vast majority of people I know who own guns and who carry guns do so concealed. I agree that open carry does more to damage gun rights than further them.