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Another Perspective On Open Carry
MissMichella:
I admit. That first picture is me at the Farmer's Market last year. :laugh:
I personally OC my blocky Glock with the mag in and a round chambered. For the first couple weeks when I started OCing, I carried without a round in the chamber. Now I feel more comfortable chambered up. While visiting Utah, I had to OC in condition 3 due to their laws...so it's good to know if there are any weird conditions to carry in different areas you frequent.
And +1 to what jthhapkido said.
JTH:
--- Quote from: MissMichella on October 03, 2014, 09:50:41 PM ---While visiting Utah, I had to OC in condition 3 due to their laws...so it's good to know if there are any weird conditions to carry in different areas you frequent.
--- End quote ---
ABSOLUTELY.
Every time I take a road trip, I check back on all the various state's laws on types of carry. Not only do you not want to break the law, you don't want to be even THOUGHT of as breaking the law when far from home. Being right but detained and having your firearm confiscated while the courts "work it out" in a state far from home is not what you want to have to deal with.
I've heard of plenty of people who first carried an empty gun around their house, to get used to the holster. Then carried the gun without a round chambered in public until they got used to that. Then ended up carrying in standard condition (mag in, chambered, holstered) afterward.
Those people had a plan to get themselves up to speed, and competent with firearms. Can't argue with that at all.
And people can certainly carry how they like. Hey, people can even carry their firearm disassembled in a plastic bag on the dash of their car, if that is what they want.
None of that changes the fact that certain modes of carry are more effective for self-defense. People simply make their choices based on their priorities.
MissMichella, one of these days I need to meet you in person and have you take a look at a Safariland ALS holster.....because you seem like a nice person and a competent gun handler, and that SERPA holster makes me grit my teeth every time I see it. :(
(Feel free to ignore me, though. :) )
farmerbob:
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/10/08/CDC-Accidental-Poisoning-Death-51-Times-More-Likely-Than-Accidental-Shooting-Death
AWick:
I recently ran the numbers on home swimming pool drownings to rebuff some close friends and family members. I found that if you have a swimming pool at your residence you are 31 times more likely to have an accidental drowning than a home with a firearm having an accidental shooting...
I'll have to try to track down the numbers used, but I pulled them straight from the CDC and compared them to the number of home swimming pools (temporary and permanent) that several different organizations and government entities estimate the are in the USA.
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