oljames3 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2019 9:34 pm I carry openly as my default. The point is not that no one who carries openly has ever had their gun stolen but, rather, that it is very rare. A cursory search of "open carry gun stolen" returns several instances. It does happen, but if it were a real issue it would be much more widely reported.
https://www.ammoland.com/2018/12/wi-ope ... -criminal/
http://www.newser.com/story/196985/open ... point.html
https://bearingarms.com/tom-k/2017/12/2 ... a-walmart/
https://www.dailypress.com/news/crime/d ... story.html
John Correia, of Active Self Protection, narrated a video of such a grab:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFQiLwA3zuU
I carry my S&W M&P M2.0 9mm 5inch openly in a Safariland 7TS ALS holster with Guard and QLS. Works for me. Your mileage will vary.
As with most things in life, it comes down to which risks we are willing to manage and with benefits matter most to us.
The second link, the story of the guy in Oregon, I remember that one. And I also remember thinking that something was not right with the circumstances of that story. There are other versions of that story out there, and the incident was fishy, at best. In fact, the first three all seem to either be missing information, or have dubious circumstances. The video also seemed like a weird incident. Only the one in Newport News seems like the situation that most fear about open carry, that of being attacked from behind, pushed down and having your firearm taken. Of course, situational awareness must be a component of open carrying, but then again, we should all have good situational awareness, anyway.