You can't hijack your own thread!TxKimberMan wrote:My intent is not to hijack this thread...
To your question... you're going to get as many answers as there are opinions about OC in the first place, and each one is worth exactly what it cost you to read it. That said, I am mildly in support of OC for a couple of reasons.
One reason is that I don't think the founders cared one way or the other whether weapons were carried openly, so long as the person in question behaved responsibly with them. In fact a couple of signatories to the Declaration of Independence were known to be open carriers. I happen to be in complete agreement with the founders, who thought we should have unrestricted access to all of our natural rights, as enshrined in the Constitution and the other foundational documents. Period. Whether or not we choose to actually exercise said rights, and to the least or fullest extent to which we choose to exercise them. That doesn't mean that I will likely open carry in most situations, but it does mean that I don't want you to go to prison for choosing to open carry yourself.
The second reason is that, for me anyway, OC is merely a matter of convenience. If it ever passes, I will likely still choose to carry concealed 99% of the time. Discretion is the better part of valor, and whatever else OC is, it ain't discreet. However, I would like to know that I can take my jacket off on a hot day, or sit in my car with my jacket off, or accidentally have the wind blow my shirt tail up, or whatever, and not get arrested for exposing my gun.