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VMI77 wrote:Massad Ayoob on open carry: http://dailycaller.com/2015/07/14/massa ... led-carry/

Concealed Means Concealed

If your local license requires concealed carry, keep the gun truly concealed. The revealing of a concealed handgun is seen in many quarters as a threat, which can result in charges of criminal threatening, brandishing and more. A malevolent person who wants to falsely accuse you of threatening them with a gun will have their wrongful accusation bolstered if the police find you with a gun where they said it was. Yes, that happens. Some jurisdictions allow “open carry.” I support the right to open carry, in the proper time and place, but I have found over the decades that there are relatively few ideal times or places where the practice won’t unnecessarily and predictably frighten someone the carrier had no reason to scare.

mojo84 wrote: There are actually states that allow unlicensed open carry and require a license to conceal. I think Georgia may be one. I also saw the other day you can carry openly in schools in Michigan but not concealed. Seems crazy to me but I believe that is the case in some places.

Right2Carry wrote:I can just imagine what this topic would look like if Whataburger had chosen to allow open carry but posted a 30.06 sign? I can hear it now.

Richbirdhunter wrote:

cyphertext wrote:

Richbirdhunter wrote:

Abraham wrote:We have a handful of militants OC types here, most of them new to the board stirring the OC pot.

They unfailingly reject the very reasonable, thoughtful responses in regard to OC.

They're like constantly complaining, colicky babies

From this point on, I plan to ignore their militant OC posts and hope others do to.

Perhaps, eventually they'll catch on that this forum, by and large rejects their militancy.

Perhaps, (I've never searched) there other forums that welcome their views.

I'm sorry, I'll tow the company line. OC is bad and if you have an opinion different then that you are militant and that is bad.

Open carry in and of itself is not bad... but forcing a business to take a side when they really just want to sell hamburgers, burritos, or coffee is. Think about this for a sec. Had we not had OCT carrying long arms in Starbuck's, Wendy's, Chipotle, Sonic, Applebee's, Jack in the Box, Target, etc., this probably would not be an issue. Because of the political grandstanding inside local businesses, they were forced to choose a side. Had businesses not been drug into the debate, most would probably be taking a wait and see attitude about open carry... and if as few choose to open carry as expected based on OC in other states, it probably would not be an issue at all.

Whataburger's policy is acceptable, except to the extremists on both sides of the issue...

I just would like to understand how much OC is acceptable at this forum.

Abraham wrote:We have a handful of militants OC types here, most of them new to the board stirring the OC pot.

They unfailingly reject the very reasonable, thoughtful responses in regard to OC.

They're like constantly complaining, colicky babies

From this point on, I plan to ignore their militant OC posts and hope others do to.

Perhaps, eventually they'll catch on that this forum, by and large rejects their militancy.

Perhaps, (I've never searched) there other forums that welcome their views.