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Gary:
You are open carrying, say in a park, walking your new puppy.  Strangers approach to pet the dog and ask directions.  They look nice, so you watch them, but let them approach.  Who does not want to pet a puppy?  In a split second, their real motive for walking up to you is known.  They just robbed a bank, and the bag they have is bank cash.  They have one gun, and two robbers looking to carjack a ride.  They were looking for a car, when they spotted your gun on your hip.  One robber with a concealled gun, being bold, walks up asking to pet your puppy, and ask you where the bus stop is.  When you raise your hand to point to the bus stop, the robber takes his gun, and plants a bullet in your temple.  Killing you instantly.  The other guy grabs your gun, and now they have two guns, and walk on, still looking for a vehicle.

If you had your weapon concealed, your puppy would still have a best friend.

Hank:
I might find a 10mm Glock to be cute an cuddly.

unfy:
There's two issues you're prolly seeing.

A) Open carry is not for me.

B) Open carry at an event or similar to reinforce 2A rights etc is possibly the wrong way to go about things.


For (A) - to each their own.  Whatever.  I plan on eventually starting to open carry every so often, but haven't gotten around to it yet.

For (B) - an open carry event can both be great and bad. 

Concerning that one guy's planned march into DC with a bunch of folks open carrying... that's just a bad idea.  Too many things can go wrong and make the situation nasty - let alone what it might be do for the 'cause' he's trying to bolster.  It's a highly publicized event... one ****tard, drunk, someone with a bad agenda, or someone willing to 'martyr' for the other side can turn that march into a catastrophe.

Concerning an open carry event locally, this kind of ties in with (A) a bit.  Public perception and other stuff is a bit taught at the moment... and some feel it might not be the correct time for such a thing.  Personally, I like the idea of a some other charity event (PD/FD softball game or something) that has open carry as it's subtitle.

Hank:
MissMichella, not by ANY Means trying to steer you away from NFOA, because the more active members here the better..but
I also frequent another forum and recall a member there mentioning a site: opencarry.org
Just thought you might enjoy discussions there as well.

MissMichella:
Wow.  The robber-puppy story was SAD!
I understand the idea of not wanting to be a target.  I also think that there are countless scenarios that could justify one method over the other.  I don't think a lot of potential criminals are going to report out that they were going to commit a crime, but decided not to because they saw someone carrying.  I suppose there is no way to know how many crimes were prevented by open carrying, and how many people were victims due to open carrying.
I've been advocating open carry for public awareness on the constitution, education, exercising rights, prevention of crime...blah, blah blah.  However, I also am a small female, usually dressed up for work, and carting around a toddler.  Not a lot of people appear to even notice I'm armed.  I don't think I could conceal my gun on my person without being extremely obvious.  Unless I put it in my purse...which is full of other crap.
I'm a pretty big advocate of gun rights...but I don't think I know enough about the pros and cons of open vs. concealed to make  a big stand, so I really appreciate the insight.
P.S.  Glocks are always cuddly.

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