I think the latter; a little scrawny feller carrying a full size 1911 on a worn out old wally world faux leather belt.
I think the latter; a little scrawny feller carrying a full size 1911 on a worn out old wally world faux leather belt.
Dang that looks uncomfortable........somethings not right with that pic.... 
OC doesn't bother me. (As long as you have an adequate holster and behave in a reasonable fashion, with awareness of your environment.) I have never OC'd except at shooting events, nor am I likely to do so, except in rural areas.
I was moderately in favor of the OC law and remain that way.
Benefits I experience from legalized OC: I don't stress as much about perfect concealment.
Negatives: It led to more establishments posting "no carry" signs, especially around OKC. Open carry laws push businesses to take a stand on an issue that many of them were 100% happy not thinking about when legal carry was concealed only. I hear the OC law is having some of the same effects in Texas. People who OC in various venues owe it to the rest of us to use reasonable social judgment (a.k.a. good manners) and try to avoid it in places where it is highly likely to rub the owner the wrong way and lead to yet another posted location.
For this reason I am actually pleased on balance when I see a "no OPEN carry" sign, which I find on 3 or 4 local establishments I frequent. It means the OC law drove the proprietor to take a position, and he/she chose to allow lawful concealed carry. Cool with me. Basically that's just a dress code, and doesn't prevent me from exercising my right to armed self-defense.
I was moderately in favor of the OC law and remain that way.
Benefits I experience from legalized OC: I don't stress as much about perfect concealment.
Negatives: It led to more establishments posting "no carry" signs, especially around OKC. Open carry laws push businesses to take a stand on an issue that many of them were 100% happy not thinking about when legal carry was concealed only. I hear the OC law is having some of the same effects in Texas. People who OC in various venues owe it to the rest of us to use reasonable social judgment (a.k.a. good manners) and try to avoid it in places where it is highly likely to rub the owner the wrong way and lead to yet another posted location.
For this reason I am actually pleased on balance when I see a "no OPEN carry" sign, which I find on 3 or 4 local establishments I frequent. It means the OC law drove the proprietor to take a position, and he/she chose to allow lawful concealed carry. Cool with me. Basically that's just a dress code, and doesn't prevent me from exercising my right to armed self-defense.
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To the 8 guys who chose either option 3 or 4 - this one suggests you read the 2nd amendment and decide whether or not you truly support it because your answers to the poll strongly indicate you either don't understand it and the intent of the founders who wrote it or you do understand it and don't support it.
I do not OC but i support it, if that is what somebody wants to do.
I sometimes feel like if someone can tell you have a gun concealed if they might think that your hiding it to commit a crime.
I'll chip in a pair of black, knee-high socks.
I open carry while working as a PI, and also when I am not working.
the 3rd one.
Saw a fella OC'ing a 1911, Ruger it looked like at Atwoods yesterday afternoon.......but he was carrying safely.....hammer down.... ;/
