EXACTLY!!!...least this person is smart enough to know what to do,,,there was no reason to go in there open carrying.
like kenny rogers in the gambler says "you got to know when to hold em,know when to fold em"
...is everyone goes around KNOWING what there doing is going to cause confrontation ....maby they should avoid it???
...i personaly like to carry,and when people do this,they just set others up to take the fall with them.
wrong or right.....its just NOT WORTH IT
conceal carry in this instance,,,,no problems
Seriously?
This was in Indiana; there was probably no real reason to vote, either.
But is that really the point?
Many who openly carry do NOT do so for the expressed purpose of making a statement of any kind. I open carry because it is the most comfortable way to carry my sidearm. Granted, it may not be as unusual in NV as it is in IN, but it is just as legal, and its being unusual in some places is because of people like you thinking the only reason to do it is to make a statement, and that we should just be covering it up so ignorami don't piss themselves when they see it on someone other than a uniformed security guard (check out their qualifications some day).
So a guy who NORMALLY openly carries should be expected to do something abnormal or uncomfortable to placate someone when he votes? He has gone from doing nothing wrong to being the victim of voter intimidation! Even if he doesn't normally OC, but chose to do so while at the polls, he is STILL fully within his rights! I hope you are consistent and give your opinion to people getting tattoos, also. After all, they intimidate even more people when mixed with the general public, and, again, it is usually the ignorance of the intimidated, not the canvas.
People fear a hidden gun more than they fear just a gun. Someone who normally openly carries is probably not set up for proper concealed carry at a moment's notice. Let's assume his concealed gun now gets seen. Which is worse for a sheep? To see an openly carried sidearm? Or to see some random-looking guy that looks uncomfortable and then you notice he has a gun stuck in his pants (yes, even with a holster).
Proper concealed carry requires specific dressing requirements. Rarely can one go from OC to proper CC on a moment's notice. And not doing CC properly is far worse to people like you, than just mere OC. But then again, there's nothing wrong with OC anyway!!!