Open Carry?

[Annihilator]

 

[HayesGreener]

In my considered opinion, most folks we encounter on a daily basis would probably not even notice if you were wearing pants, let alone what kind of shoes or shirt or vest you are wearing.....

 

[RedGoat]

In my considered opinion, most folks we encounter on a daily basis would probably not even notice if you were wearing pants, let alone what kind of shoes or shirt or vest you are wearing.....

Only if one were to rip their cell phone out of their hands... But then, where I live, there are unfortunately, some predators of the two-legged variety. Those are the ones to watch out for.

 

[Anchorite]

I mean, "Today's World" includes people that go to Walmart in pajamas with pink hair and guys wearing dresses, reading the weather report on the 5:00 news.

I don't wear a Photographer's Vest and if I saw somebody else wearing one I would assume they were carrying because a gun because that's what the internet has taught me.

That said, I think the only people that notice things like that are people who have been taught to look for things like that.

Yes. And these days, mostly because of CV19, we take advantage of home delivery stuff. If I have to go to Wal Mart its urgent.

I can't count the number of times I've been to Walmart with my wife and and somebody walked right by Us open carrying a six shooter.

Interestingly in Alabama, I don't see that in my Wal Mart or any Wal Mart in my neck of the woods.

That's reality of it. Open carry and concealed carry is not relevant to most people's life.

Yes. Very true. I'm constantly surprised at the number of people who carry or claim to carry. When pressed as to why, the answer is almost always, "It's my right to!" Nothing more. And that's fine. To each their own.

Most people aren't looking for it. Most people aren't even thinking about it.

Most people have their head all wrapped up in who's going home next on Survivor or who The Bachelorette is going to give a rose to. Or they're hoping that Walmart will still have their favorite peanut butter.

What they're not doing is wondering who around them is carrying a gun.

Statistically I'm more likely to be in a car accident than a shooting or the victim/target of a crime, considering where I live.

 

[The Night Rider]

Every time I see this Frank Azar commercial I wonder if this dude's packing heat.

 

[The Night Rider]

 

[WellArmed]

In my considered opinion, most folks we encounter on a daily basis would probably not even notice if you were wearing pants, let alone what kind of shoes or shirt or vest you are wearing.....

I think people notice, but they often ignore you or don't say anything, especially if they don't know you. I wouldn't assume that just because no one say anything that they didn't notice.

What's interesting is that the @The Night Rider had a thread about seeing a conceal carrier who he assumed was unknowingly OC'ing because his shirt was caught on the grip of his gun. The majority of gun guys on this forum said they probably would have minded their business. I guarantee you that the 99% of the none gun nut public who's lives aren't heavily influenced by firearms and self defense aren't going to say anything either. Nowadays, most people, except for Karens, mind their business.

 

[RedGoat]

I think people notice, but they often ignore you or don't say anything, especially if they don't know you. I wouldn't assume that just because no one say anything that they didn't notice.

.... And that's the issue, isn't it? Keeping the fact that one is carrying hidden even if someone pulls their nose away from their cell phone and looks around, AND also hidden from the predators out there. The only way to do so is to be continuously diligent about concealment. Once the powers that be in Austin fixed the ambiguities surrounding printing and enacted open carry, I, personally, got a little sloppy and had to clean up my act. I still try to be wary when I go out in that regard.