re: Is Open Carry "socially acceptable" where you live?

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Open carry is pretty much exclusive to wanna-be's and guys who are trying to compensate for some type of shortcoming.

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Nah. It's pretty common in some places and done by lots of different types of people.

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Maybe it was the way I was raised or that something has changed in society. My dad had guns laying all over the house when we were kids. I knew how to use them but we were scared shitless to touch them when he wasn't around. That meant your arse

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Like I said, I always assumed everyone had a gun. That's just part of growing up in South Louisiana. People hunt and well.. If someone tries to break in your house.. a gun is much better than... a knife. My dad had a few guns, my mom has a gun.. And I guess, without even thinking about it, I sort of assume most people in South La has a gun in their house (well there are a few people I know, whose wife tells them what to do and probably doesn't allow them to have a gun), but not everyone is taught to respect a gun and how to properly use it.

My dad use to say all the time "always assume a gun is loaded. Even if you think you know for sure it isn't, assume it is". You have to respect the capability of it and the fact that one small mistake with a gun is enough to take someone's life. But there are a lot of people who have never been taught to respect a gun or have been made aware of the things a lot of people assume most people know.

There are common sense safety rules that you think most people would know.. Because.. well it's common sense, but I am just saying people should have to go through some type of safety classes, pass a test.. Sort of like getting a drivers license, before getting a gun. Just because I never underestimate the stupidity of people, in general.

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I've only done it once when I was in AZ, but I felt kinda weird doing it. I was one of the few young white guys out there so they all assumed I was BP anyway

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Where the hell were you, in Nogales or some other shithole border town?

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Where the hell were you, in Nogales or some other shithole border town?

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Close to the NM border. I used to get bored and drive the border. No wall out there in no man's land.

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Smart idea to open carry around the border, it’s a shithole and is essentially Mexico. Personal I concealed carry because it’s easier but open carry is the better deterrent.

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I was always strapped when I went out there. I'd even have my AR riding shotgun. It's kind of an odd feeling knowing that the cartel is probably watching you.

People who open carry just want to be first one shot.

Cause if I was a bad guy and saw someone open carrying in a place I was about to rob, that guy gets the first shot.

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Open carry has been restriced in city limits since we have been a country. Wanted to get this out there before the 2A guys start popping off.

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In very few city limits and concealed carry was seen as dishonest. Maybe you should do some research on the history of concealed carry and LTC laws before a 2A guy schools you out of this thread.

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There is no doubt you are more prone to injury from a gun if you carry one than if you don't.

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And not one shred of credible research supports this assertion. Research does suggest that armed self-defence produces lower rates of injurious outcomes compared to other strategies.

A few years ago.. I forget the name of the restaurant.. It's a cafe in Addis, La. It was one time when people thought their guns were going to be taken away so they decided to offer discounts, at lunch, for everyone who exercised their 2nd amendment right.. So there were a lot of people going in for lunch carrying.. And someone's gun accidentally went off, it didn't hit anyone, but one day they were all "everybody carry your guns, its Merica" to.. Not allowing anyone carrying, to dine there.