Open Carry - "good for the cause"

[Bic]

 I was reading this:   http://edcforums.com/threads/saw-my-first-open-carry.102196/   thread on EDCFORUMS.COM  and somwere down in the comments there's the expression  'good for the cause'  = I'm half inclined to agree  - whaddya think?

[tombogan03884]

Sheep need to be conditioned to accept the idea that open carry is legal and poses no threat to the public.

[MikeBjerum]

This is what I like about Minnesota's carry permit.  It is not a conceal carry permit.  The intent is that if someone notices you are not in trouble.

I don't open carry, but I am not afraid to remove a jacket that will expose the firearm either.  I just go about my daily life, and when they see, they see.

At this point I still feel that strapping a gun out in the open or a rifle over the shoulder does more harm for the cause than good.  That said, the homosexual groups and the pro-abortion groups tell us that we are not "in your face" enough.

[fightingquaker13]

This is what I like about Minnesota's carry permit.  It is not a conceal carry permit.  The intent is that if someone notices you are not in trouble.

I don't open carry, but I am not afraid to remove a jacket that will expose the firearm either.  I just go about my daily life, and when they see, they see.

At this point I still feel that strapping a gun out in the open or a rifle over the shoulder does more harm for the cause than good.  That said, the homosexual groups and the pro-abortion groups tell us that we are not "in your face" enough.

What qualifies as "in your face"? If I can hold hands with my GF, shouldn't a gay guy be able to do the same with his SO? I'm not advocating slinging an AR over your back, and I prefer to cary concealed, but I think wearing my shirts tucked in with  the grip of an IWB sticking out is not beyond the pale.

[kmitch200]

What qualifies as "in your face"?

That my friend is all in the eye of the beholder.
In AZ it gets maybe a second glance, in other places it may lead to "OH GOD!! HE'S GOT A GUN!!! *PSH.


*PantShittingHysteria

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[MikeBjerum]

What qualifies as "in your face"? If I can hold hands with my GF, shouldn't a gay guy be able to do the same with his SO? I'm not advocating slinging an AR over your back, and I prefer to cary concealed, but I think wearing my shirts tucked in with  the grip of an IWB sticking out is not beyond the pale.

Uncle Ted in your face.  We have a small group of leaders that speak out for our rights.  Mr. Heston was bold, but only in certain settings.  Ted Nugent is on 100% of the time.

Homosexuals and abortionists have groups and leaders that are on 100% of the time, so your gay friends aren't the ones blazing the trails.

[crusader rabbit]

That my friend is all in the eye of the beholder.
In AZ it gets maybe a second glance, in other places it may lead to "OH GOD!! HE'S GOT A GUN!!! *PSH.


*PantShittingHysteria

But AZ is an OPEN CARRY state.  I was a little surprised when I saw a customer with a Glock 19 at the teller's counter in a Wells Fargo Bank, though.  Bank manager said it didn't bother him as long as it wasn't pointed at him.  Good attitude.

Crusader

[kmitch200]

But AZ is an OPEN CARRY state. I was a little surprised when I saw a customer with a Glock 19 at the teller's counter in a Wells Fargo Bank, though.  Bank manager said it didn't bother him as long as it wasn't pointed at him.  Good attitude.
Crusader

I thought thats what we were talking about. 

[PegLeg45]

This is what I like about Minnesota's carry permit.  It is not a conceal carry permit.  The intent is that if someone notices you are not in trouble.

I don't open carry, but I am not afraid to remove a jacket that will expose the firearm either.  I just go about my daily life, and when they see, they see.

At this point I still feel that strapping a gun out in the open or a rifle over the shoulder does more harm for the cause than good.  That said, the homosexual groups and the pro-abortion groups tell us that we are not "in your face" enough.

+1

Pretty much the same in Georgia. The permit covers both concealed and open carry.

Like you, I prefer concealed at all times, but do not worry if it is seen. I have went to the barber shop and removed my jacket, exposing my gun, and not worried in the least (of course, my barber is a gun guy too). I have done the same thing in restaurants during winter and not worried.

I might choose a different tactic if I were in Macon or Atlanta or such, because the more northern urban areas view things a little differently and many of the cops take a different view also.

Our former Probate Judge here in my county told me once about her nephew that was stopped and detained in Macon because his 1911 was visible (under his flapping vest) while he was riding his motorcycle down I-75 and a cop saw it. He argued the point of legality with the cop, to no avail. So he called his aunt and she made a call to a judge she knew really well from the Macon district. Needles to say, he was released and the cop got a re-education on the law from the judge.

[BBJohnnyT]

I personally like the idea of OC.  But since the OC "movement" here in CA directly led to the backlash ban of all OC (handguns and now long guns in Jan) statewide, I would now say no, it is not "good for the cause".  This ban now directly prevents me from OCing here in the San Bernardino National Forest (where OC makes sense) for my own protection.  Long story, but the SBNF basically "follows state law".  So the OC movement personally screwed over my rights.