Why do you Open Carry?

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

Comfort. Access. My CZ is beautiful.

I stay away from 5 year old girls.

Welcome to INGO.

 

[ditto]

I stay away from 5 year old girls.

That's just one of those rules of life I follow in general.

 

[griffin]

I stay away from 5 year old girls.

 

[mrortega]

1. It's far more comfortable.
2. It provides faster access to my weapon.
on edit:
3. I wish I would have been smart enough to buy and carry a Glock.

FIFY. No, no. Don't thank me.

 

[ATM]

I just don't have any reason to conceal the fact that I'm carrying.

...This is not intended to be an argument thread...

Dang.

...another civil thread.

 

[actaeon277]

I do not open carry. Why ask for attention

And one might ask,
Why post in this thread then?
Can't be for the 50 posts like some will accuse you of.
It's too easy to get the 50.

 

[actaeon277]

Guys will date girls that carry bacon around? This is a tactic I MUST try immediately And even if I don't attract any guys I'd at least have an army of like 50 dogs following me around. Who would mess with me then?!

If you're a woman shooting guns, you shouldn't have trouble meeting guys.
Most ranges are male dominated.
Most Meet & Shoots are male dominated.

 

[actaeon277]

Most of the reasons already stated.

 

[ditto]

If you're a woman shooting guns, you shouldn't have trouble meeting guys.
Most ranges are male dominated.
Most Meet & Shoots are male dominated.

I'm not interested in that. Owning and learning to shoot is just something I've wanted to get in to for years. I don't even own yet.

But maybe I'll keep some bacon in my pocket when I go shoot just in case

 

[Stschil]

I'm not interested in that. Owning and learning to shoot is just something I've wanted to get in to for years. I don't even own yet.

But maybe I'll keep some bacon in my pocket when I go shoot just in case

There quite a few folks here that I'm sure would be willing to teach you safety and the basics. Meet and shoots happen often all over the State, though I would say NWI and Indy areas are more active than others. This Community loves helping those just starting out.

If you are around Martinsville, my Wife and I have folks over to shot about once a month. I've been working with our neighbor, another transplant from the PRI. She is in her 60's and haS really developed a love for shooting. Let me know if you are interested.

 

[ditto]

There quite a few folks here that I'm sure would be willing to teach you safety and the basics. Meet and shoots happen often all over the State, though I would say NWI and Indy areas are more active than others. This Community loves helping those just starting out.

If you are around Martinsville, my Wife and I have folks over to shot about once a month. I've been working with our neighbor, another transplant from the PRI. She is in her 60's and haS really developed a love for shooting. Let me know if you are interested.

Thank you! Very interested in checking out some meet and shoots in the future! Martinsville looks to be about 3 hours from me. I don't mind to take a jaunt once in a while though and get a change of scenery.

 

[actaeon277]

Well, since we don't know where you're from, check out the events section.
The NWI has VERY good Meet & Shoot events.

 

[Stschil]

The TSA is handing out souvenir pics from the back scatter machines now?


To answer your question, Scott, it's your butt making your gun look small.

 

[goinggreyfast]

Thank you! Very interested in checking out some meet and shoots in the future! Martinsville looks to be about 3 hours from me. I don't mind to take a jaunt once in a while though and get a change of scenery.

Yeah, it's fun shooting out at Stschil's place, except for "Wheezer Hill" Not so bad getting to the shooting gallery---hellish getting back. HA!

To answer your question, Scott, it's your butt making your gun look small.

Dang! I was going for the other way around.

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

I'm not interested in that. Owning and learning to shoot is just something I've wanted to get in to for years. I don't even own yet.

But maybe I'll keep some bacon in my pocket when I go shoot just in case

We get together in South Bend pretty often. Hoosierdood and TomN are working on the next one. We shoot at the Kodiak range.

The 2nd Ammendment Patriots North meet there the last Tuesday of each month at 6:30 PM. We usually shoot after and I'm sure you could get to shoot a wide variety of stuff there.

They also rent guns and love first timers.

 

[Markedup]

Is it even legal to OC bacon? Seems like it shouldn't be.

!. I always open carry a handgun when I am being paid to carry openly.

2. I open carry bacon duct-taped to my forehead because I can.

Thanks

Mark

 

[El-Cigarro]

.01: BACON MAKETH ME DO IT
1: I crave attention
2: I am compensating for 'something'
3: I enjoy scaring soccer moms
4: I'm a dumb redneck
5: John Wayne and Clint Eastwood are my heros
6: I am looking for trouble
7: I am trying to get arrested so I can sue for big bucks
And finally...
8: I want to be shot first in a robbery.

L O L !

 

[getem2011]

Hey everyone, forgive me if this topic has been beaten to death but I am fairly new to this community and just a curious person in general. I've seen OC discussed in several other threads and I'm just wondering about what peoples personal reasons are for doing it.

I grew up in Illinois and gun ownership was just never part of the dialogue in my family. So it's interesting to me to live in Indiana now, where the gun laws are less restricted. I didn't actually know you could carry in Indiana (open or concealed) until I became interested in purchasing and learning to shoot a gun (needless to say I was glad I didn't live in IL anymore). I've never actually seen anyone OC down here where I live. I probably would have been shocked, to be honest, if I didn't know what the laws were.

It is getting worse and worse here everyday. Quinn will be the end the this state. I cant wait to move out of here.

 

[ditto]

It is getting worse and worse here everyday. Quinn will be the end the this state. I cant wait to move out of here.

Yeah I hate that I still have family/close friends living there. I worry about them all the time. If you know where Rockford is, you can probably understand why. Their PD is a joke and for having such restrictive gun laws they have shootings/armed robberies weekly.