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My thoughts are that OC would have to make you a target in some cases. Some because they might want your gun or for some reason target you because you are carrying. Other times because on person OCing might be considered a danger. Like if an OCer gets noticed in the middle of a robbery. Of course you also have the exact opposite reaction also. People will see a handgun and decide not to commit a crime because of the possibility the OCer might use the gun. Not making an argument for OC, because I have been pretty negative on OC often enough, but at worst I have to believe it merely changes some of the dangers not just adds to them.

Chemist45 wrote:I question your basic premise:

Gun owners have repeated the idea that openly carrying a firearm makes the person doing so a more likely target for a criminal attack.

Which gun owners have been saying this? Where? Who?
This sounds like something an astroturf "Pro gun" organization would say.
This actually sounds like something Bloomberg would say.

As for the accuracy of the above statement, I disagree.
If, for the sake of argument, Gary Gangbanger is even alert enough to notice an open carrier, I think he would decide to ply his trade elsewhere.
IMHO, those who use guns to rob or terrorize others are not that bright or aware. Witness the large number of stories of dumb criminals who attemt to hold up banks or restaurants full of cops.

Members say it on this forum everytime it comes up.