The translator from the above link wrote a bunch of ghost stories.

So Jesus doesn't prefer weapons with ghost rings on them?

♫You's a superstar boy, why you still up in the hood?♫

No. Logically, Jesus would not condone ludicrous gunsmanship.

Open-carry advocates are about as ludicrous as gunsmen as they come.  If you want everyone to know you're packing, just get a fannypack holster.

I saw a TV thing about the open carry "movement" and they asked one of them why he carries openly, and he said he does it to "get the word out about open carry". Besides the fact that it creeps people out, it seems to me it could easily veer into brandishing territory.

I view it in the "Hey, shoot me first!" category. Concealed carry is safer and more useful, in my opinion.

- derumi (del-me)
"It is the farewell kiss, you dog!" - Muntadhar al-Zaidi

Or try to steal the gun when you are distracted. Say you are minding your own business strolling about with a balloon in one hand and one of those giant lollipops in the other. A thug might run up from behind and snatch the Smith & Wesson Model 3 Schofield from your thigh holster.

While I agree it is a bad idea and I would never do it even if I owned a handgun I think it's important to let individuals make that choice. Do they want to look ludicrous as they walk down the street? That's their call, not mine.

Then again, perhaps being ludicrous is in the eyes of the beholder. When I lived in the Gem State it was rare to see people carrying a weapon openly, although they still did it and I never saw anybody freak out or get bent out of shape over it. So whatever, I may not do it, you may not do it, but I think we should give folks the right to choose on their own.

♫You's a superstar boy, why you still up in the hood?♫

Sorry but even though I'm all for exercising any and all rights untill the cows come home open carry is retarded.  You never ever need to advertise you're carrying "just because" because in an area where guns can be carried the thought is it creates a deterrent- that the hypothetical criminal needs to "think twice" before he jumps on someone at the ATM.  Open carry defeats this because once that criminal can see who is carrying and who is not, the deterrent goes away.

Guns frighten women & men of slight constitution, and the scapegoat is always the swaggering redneck in an all-white, low-crime area who wants his toy.  OC reinforces that.  OC creates gun prohibitions where there might not have been any, OC reinforces stereotypes and gives unscrupulous media hacks fodder for cheap-thrill stories.

I've been on occasion known to carry a lil' something, maybe a knife, maybe a sap or an ASP, and I'm certainly not going to admit carrying a pistol; and why in the hell would I want to advertise that?

p0157, you know I'm always going to be your posting bro, and that I'm as strident an advocate of gun rights as you are if not more, but trust me when I say this- OCAs cause more harm than good.

I agree completely with all your reasons why carrying a weapon openly is retarded. I don't know many reasonable people that would do so. Still, people should have the right to be idiots as long as it does not impact others. Should somebody be prohibited from sending a racist diatribe in to the newspaper editor? No. But that doesn't mean they should do it.

You are correct in that it allows people to stereotype gun owners negatively, unfortunately education of non-gunowners should include the information that there are extremes in every organization. Just as there are Obama supporters who want to confiscate cash from the rich to pay the mortgages and gas bills of the poor there are likely gun owners who act within the confines of the law but behave like total idiots. I'm sure Obama's staffers would have liked to get rid of the fruitcakes, just as I'd like to see the "ZOMG WOLVERINES COMMIES BLACK HELICOPTERS UN!!!!!!!!" people STFU, but I would be the first one to speak up against a move to curtail their rights.

In this manner I see open carry in the same was as I see the right to burn the flag in protest: It's important to understand you have the right to do these things, but that doesn't mean you should.

♫You's a superstar boy, why you still up in the hood?♫

Open carry defeats this because once that criminal can see who is carrying and who is not, the deterrent goes away.

Not for the guy openly carrying. Better to say that open carry concentrates the deterrence factor upon those seen as openly carrying. This may cause a criminal to conclude (correctly or not) that his greatest threat is the guy with the visible holster, and plan accordingly.

why in the hell would I want to advertise that?

Guns frighten women & men of slight constitution

Question asked, question answered.