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nitrogen wrote: It might not violate the law, but i've seen it used as an excuse to hassle. A buddy of mine has been hassled for an accidental flash. We were at a resturant in Plano, and his shirt bunched up above his weapon when he went for his wallet. A police officer saw him, and basically hauled us forcefully out, him in handcuffs, while he checked us out. (I was CHL-Less at the time and was not carrying)

It'd be nice, in my view, to lose the requirement to conceal if only to have one less thing to get hassled about.

What was the result of this?

An option, in lue of giving CHL’s blatant, outright open carry, would be to either do away with or ease the 'printing' problem in the law, or the occasional, 'accidental' "flash" of my handgun.

That would make me happy.

I wish to have an OC law because I don't wish to live in fear. Fear of accidently printing, when I have the legal right to carry. Fear of accidently showing when I have the legal right to carry. Fear of my hand gun not being readily available because it's in such deep cover because I can't show that I'm carrying.

I want to carry my firearm in such a way that would not raise alarm for the place that I intend to go.

For instance:
Mall: concealed.
Work: concealed.
Movie: concealed.
riding in the car: open.
riding a motorcycle: open.
working in the yard: open
walking over to the neighbors: open.
walking the dog: open.
Lowe's/Home Depot: open or concealed.

Each has an advantage, lets try to use these to our advantage.

Russ

nitrogen wrote:It'd be nice if only so people wouldn't be paranoid (or harassed) about accidental printing or an occasional unintentional "flash"

Not that I would carry open like a LEO, but I would like to be more comfortable and not worry about a "flash" or a "print".

Russ