You would have to choose very carefully. As stated many times, while open carry is legal in many states it is NOT practiced in populated areas. You may occasionally see one in a rural farming area, and MAYBE one in a small town periodically, but if you wander into a store with it on your side, you will more than likely have the police called on you. The hysteria WOULD be there if you carry in a populated region packing your 1911 on your hip.roberts wrote:I'm starting to think it's easier to move to a pro gun state where open carry doesn't face this kind of hysteria.
There has NOT been another state where it was illegal and they made it legal. Current open carry states have always been legal or at least listed as illegal in the state statutes. And, in some states, cities can enact local ordinances preempting state law to make it illegal. I know it is that way in Missouri for one, but think there are others that are that way. So, I don't think you would be much happier unless you moved to a remote area in another state.