The Open Carry Argument

[SteveM4A1]

Lol i was finishing your comment for you...from south park drugs are bad mmmkay to your oc is bad. Mmmkay

 

[Bunnykid68]

Lol i was finishing your comment for you...from south park drugs are bad mmmkay to your oc is bad. Mmmkay

Went right over my head. We need an emoticon for right over my head

 

[danielson]

How the hell am I stirring the pot? "About once a month", i suggest that both OC AND CC have their ups and downs....

If you cannot deal with reality, thats not my fault.

 

[Dead Duck]

So -
I guess it's been about a month then. I actually think your a little early though.
Did you get a chance this month to read the OP? (that's the Opening Post)

 

[SirRealism]

Went right over my head. We need an emoticon for right over my head

I just use your avatar (whatever it happens to be at the time).

 

[SeaseFire]

I found this to be a good read, but still feel it depends where I am whether I CC or OC.

 

[red46239]

You will get to know me, I am just a trouble making pot stirrer or so I have been told. I don't care if one tapes it to their back like Bruce Willis did in Die Hard

Taping it to your back would be CC. You need to tape it to your forehead to OC.

 

[nakinate]

Taping it to your back would be CC. You need to tape it to your forehead to OC.

Not if you go shirtless.

 

[Sylvain]

Not if you go shirtless.

 

[protias]

Not if you go shirtless.

What if it is a mid-drift shirt or a mess tank top or both?

 

[gungirl65]

Some days I open carry just so the sheeple will leave me alone. I have a mild headache today and didn't feel like being sociable when I had errands to run and cats to feed so I just open carried the whole time. Nothing bad happened and I didn't have to talk to anyone so it was a good trip out.

For the most part, when I open carry no one says anything. I have been asked where I work that I need to carry such a big gun and am I a police or corrections officer. No one has outright insulted me for carrying. Only men talk to me about carrying when I OC. Most interactions are very positive.

 

[danielson]

So -
I guess it's been about a month then. I actually think your a little early though.
Did you get a chance this month to read the OP? (that's the Opening Post)

Do you have some kind of point by asking me if I read the first post? Or what...

 

[protias]

Do you have some kind of point by asking me if I read the first post? Or what...

Are you unable to or just refuse to answer the question? It isn't a hard question (like explaining the intricacies of how mitochondria work).

 

[danielson]

Wow, you must be a pretty fart smeller... Using those big words, and all.

Did you read MY post? You answer first, then I will..

 

[actaeon277]

Some days I open carry just so the sheeple will leave me alone. I have a mild headache today and didn't feel like being sociable when I had errands to run and cats to feed so I just open carried the whole time. Nothing bad happened and I didn't have to talk to anyone so it was a good trip out.

For the most part, when I open carry no one says anything. I have been asked where I work that I need to carry such a big gun and am I a police or corrections officer. No one has outright insulted me for carrying. Only men talk to me about carrying when I OC. Most interactions are very positive.

You should tell them big guns shoot easier.

 

[protias]

Wow, you must be a pretty fart smeller... Using those big words, and all.

Did you read MY post? You answer first, then I will..

Your post: https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...71996-open-carry-argument-51.html#post4464047

My answer: https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...71996-open-carry-argument-51.html#post4464369

Your post without the answer: https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...71996-open-carry-argument-51.html#post4464477

Your post without an answer: https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...71996-open-carry-argument-52.html#post4464785

Your post without an answer: https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...71996-open-carry-argument-52.html#post4466351

Me asking you to answer the question: https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...71996-open-carry-argument-52.html#post4466376

And finally your final trolling remark: https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...71996-open-carry-argument-52.html#post4466436

So when are you going to answer my question?

 

[actaeon277]

 

[actaeon277]

I prefer.....
https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...discussion/170658-condition-butterscotch.html

 

[danielson]

All that work, linking those posts, and you ruin it in the last line.

I think if you go back, you will find it wasn't YOUR question.

So? Bacon then?

 

[stephen87]

When I first started carrying I wanted to carry concealed because I didn't want anyone to know I had a gun. Heaven forbid I accidentally scare some dim wit who may happen to see my weapon. Now I just don't care. I carry for comfort now. For me, that means OWB.

Some parts of town I proudly open carry. I figure OC & CC are just like everything else, there's a time and a place for both. Depending where I am I will pull my T-shirt over my gun. It prints badly but at least people have to use their imagination to guess what is under my shirt. I try to do what a polite society expects. Usually I prefer to blend in and not draw attention to myself.

Same here. I CCed due to not wanting to upset the sheeple. Then I decided to try OC. It was more comfortable and no one noticed, so that became my carry method of choice. Now I'm looking for a smaller pistol that can be pocket carried for various reasons. As for what's under my shirt, it's my insulin pump...

I do the same thing sometimes.

For example - if I'm going into a baby store that doesn't have signs posted that carry is not 'allowed' - I will often still toss my shirt over it just to avoid scaring the sheep too much. Usually because I'm with my family and, while I realize I'm 100% legal, I'd prefer not to be harassed in this situation or to delay my family from doing what we're there to do.

I don't care whether I CC or OC but I largely OC for comfort. I do have a wonderful IWB rig that I've not used in around 6 months - mostly because I've not had an occasion where I felt it was a better idea than OC.

I did, just the other day, find out that when I was at the superbowl party at a friend's house OC'ing that I had apparently made one of their visitors nervous. He's extremely liberal and holds most of the standard views that are associated with a liberal. He felt that it was inappropriate that I had a firearm on me [unnecessary according to him], felt it was inappropriate that it was showing [unnecessary according to him] and the kicker was that there were plenty of small children as well... I found none of this out until months later.

Hopefully me being at that party and OC'ing and none of the children being injured and me being a responsible adult helped to alter his opinion or views even if only slightly. The friend of mine, that invited my family to the party, didn't say a word to me about it because they know I'm a responsible gun owner and that nothing bad is going to happen simply because I am armed.

Anyhow, enough of this thread for me - for today.

I had my uncle, who is a sheriff's deputy, pull my shirt over my handgun at a child's birthday party. I promptly corrected him and told him not to touch me again. He hasn't said a word to me about carrying since then.

It is protias. There is no u. What does carrying in a bank have to do with anything? I and thousand of others have carried openly in banks with no issues. What do you mean by secured facility? Aren't those generally GFZs? Why break the law? GFZ is still a GFZ no matter how you look at it. I either don't carry in them or avoid them at all costs.

I get what he's saying about banks. I OC in my bank all the time, never had a word said to me, but I can tell it makes some people a little nervous when I do it. Doesn't mean I'm going to change how I do things.

You will get to know me, I am just a trouble making pot stirrer or so I have been told. I don't care if one tapes it to their back like Bruce Willis did in Die Hard

I prefer taped to the forehead...

I prefer.....
https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...discussion/170658-condition-butterscotch.html

Or Condition Butterscotch.