Found An Interesting Post About OC

[Paul Coleman]

Paul Coleman -

Welcome to OCDO and the notion of open carrying. It seems you "get it".

If something like 10% of the population is armed, and something like 10% of that group carries on a daily basis, and 10% of that group carries openly, there are still 1 out of every 100 folks who own firearms walking around with them openly. That's a heck of a lot more folks than there are cops and more importantly, more than there are BGs.

Now not all the BGs are going to give up their antisocial ways and seek full-time employment as chior boys and part-time finders of the cure for cancer, but some of them might. And for those that do not, they know the risk they are taking is more than merely academic. (Like most folks I do not carry to pretend to be a cop or super-hero, but to protect myself. If one BG decides not to rob/rape me because they see my openly carried handgun then I've won.)

stay safe.

That is true, even if the weapon stays in the holster it is a deterrent to crime. Its real simple, Kids dont jump the fence when there is a big dog in the yard, car thieves generally dont steal in front of police stations, and muggers prefer victims that are unarmed.

 

[since9]

...in-your-face type activities like open carry...

This is incorrect six ways to Sunday. If you'll review our "Why do you open carry?" thread, you'll not find a single post that says, "I open carry to be IN YOUR FACE, MAN! BOOYAH!"

That's not why we open carry.

That it's perceived that way by some people is simply tragic.

 

[TheRatt]

my thoughts

As skidmark said “The OC "movement" is generally not an "in your face" activity” to me it’s like wearing a tee shirt it’s there you may ask about it or ignore it’s up to you. The whole point of the OC “movement” is to get the regular Randos (generic term for random people) accustomed to seeing us carrying and we hope that some will ask and learn about the law and their rights

 

[since9]

...is to get the regular Randos (generic term for random people)...

I like that.

...accustomed to seeing us carrying and we hope that some will ask and learn about the law and their rights

And that has happened.