The Open Carry Argument

[Titanium_Frost]

Not sure I open carry but usually at my side and just try to keep it covered with shirt or jacket, whatever I'm wearing. Remember better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6

Dude, if it's covered it isnt OC...

 

[icejunkie]

We should be able to carry anywhere, however we choose

 

[icejunkie]

So true

 

[Concerned Citizen]

Dude, if it's covered it isnt OC...

So how do you strap it outside of your winter coat?

 

[Concerned Citizen]

We should be able to carry anywhere, however we choose

No, I'm sorry, now that you've participated in this discussion and lost, there us only one way to carry, OC. You must assimilate. You will get used to it.

 

[Titanium_Frost]

So how do you strap it outside of your winter coat?

Well today I OCed with a shoulder holster, but I also have a mid-drop duty holster but it is too bulky for EDC.

 

[actaeon277]

So how do you strap it outside of your winter coat?

Well, it's kinda concealed at that point.
But when I go to a restaurant, I take my coat off to be more comfortable. Before I take it off, I'm CCing. After I take it off I'm OCing.
JFC.

 

[Burnsy]

So how do you strap it outside of your winter coat?

I wear a waist length high carhart winter coat, my gun rides outside of it on an OWB holster and my coat waistband sits behind it.

 

[Yellowjeep]

I just carry my gun in my hand every where I go. I'm really bad at the old quick draw. It saves money too, don't need to buy a holster or belt so I bought a gun for my other hand with what I saved. Beat that oc, cc guys

 

[stormryder]

It shouldn't matter how you carry, as long as you do it.

 

[actaeon277]

I just carry my gun in my hand every where I go. I'm really bad at the old quick draw. It saves money too, don't need to buy a holster or belt so I bought a gun for my other hand with what I saved. Beat that oc, cc guys

Now everyone in the restaurant is wondering why I'm laughing at my phone

 

[merotek]

I have been asking myself this since I decided to buy a hand gun. It seems to me the ideal solution to a situation is to not get in to a situation in the first place. OC would definitely be a deterrent to a LOT of situations. This article has helped me decide

 

[MikeDVB]

I used to OC exclusively as it was the most comfortable form of carry for me. Thankfully I've managed to lose about 25 pounds and, as such, an IWB carried gun is now comfortable. I can carry it IWB all day without noticing it's there (i.e. not uncomfortable under any situation) so I tend to CC now.

If you want to know why I now prefer to CC over OC? Well, it's because I bang it on less things/get it caught on less things and generally the weapon stays in better shape with less nicks/dings/etc.

I carry however is most comfortable and practical for the situation - and honestly, I don't care how anybody else carries. If you want to strap a holster to your forehead - go for it .

 

[ATM]

...If you want to strap a holster to your forehead - go for it .

Although quite legal and a magnificent fashion statement, I don't recommend this method often due to the difficulty of deploying from that position.

Hollister

Although the general deterrent factor of OC has been long established, we know it is not an absolute, as Mr. Hollister found long ago...

 

[MikeDVB]

Haha, I can envision a much better head-mounted holster system... If only I possessed the ability to properly get it onto paper so that I could scan it in!

 

[Titanium_Frost]

I used to OC exclusively as it was the most comfortable form of carry for me. Thankfully I've managed to lose about 25 pounds and, as such, an IWB carried gun is now comfortable. I can carry it IWB all day without noticing it's there (i.e. not uncomfortable under any situation) so I tend to CC now.

If you want to know why I now prefer to CC over OC? Well, it's because I bang it on less things/get it caught on less things and generally the weapon stays in better shape with less nicks/dings/etc.

I carry however is most comfortable and practical for the situation - and honestly, I don't care how anybody else carries. If you want to strap a holster to your forehead - go for it .

My shirts all have little holes in them about 4 o'clock on my strong side from CCing, so that doesn't help me any. But that could be because I'm clumsy

 

[Linc8301]

I conceal mine. I know it is there and hopefully I never need to use it, but just incase I do, i know its there.

 

[KCVP]

I also choose to go CC. It's just a comfort thing for me. Hopefully, I'll never have to draw but I'm ready should I need to.

 

[ATM]

I also choose to go CC. It's just a comfort thing for me. Hopefully, I'll never have to draw but I'm ready should I need to.

I thought it was to avoid conversations?

 

[KCVP]

I thought it was to avoid conversations?

Now who's being snide?