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jester wrote:

Mandingo wrote:The open carry idea is very odd to me. I am pro-gun- ownership, licensed concealed carry, purchase, carry in your car...thats all fine. However, I am a small buisness owner and I dont want some yahoo in my office with a gun on his hip.

It sounds like you should support open carry unless you have X-ray vision.

Well, licensed is the word there. Even though I think the class is a bit silly, at least someone has ~~300 bucks, some time invested, and a background check. That tells me the person is willing to jump through a hoop or two to legally carry a gun. If I understand it correctly, the open carry idea would allow anyone over a certain age to carry a gun exposed. To me at least, there is a big difference.

With the gun exposed your dragging the elephant into the room with you. In the world of concealed carry no one can see it.

-Manny

The open carry idea is very odd to me. I am pro-gun- ownership, licensed concealed carry, purchase, carry in your car...thats all fine. However, I am a small buisness owner and I dont want some yahoo in my office with a gun on his hip. I have no idea if this guys knows what he is doing with that gun. I suppose if there was a 40 hour training course and some type of ID the guy had on his holster, then fine. But just any person over the age of 18 with a generous interpritation of the 2nd amendment carrying an exposed cannon into my office would get introduced to the door very quickly.

I am new to this forum. So hello all from Cow Town...

I have to say I am very anti-open carry, and I believe most states that offer a CHL (including Texas) have laughable requirements for who can get one. The background/criminal seems to be OK, but the actual training with a firearm is a joke.

When it comes to open carry, I'm sure this topic has been beat to death over the years, and I have yet to see a good argument for the idea of open carry. The ones I have run into seem to be a few yahoos on You Tube that do more to hurt the cause with their "I want to carry a cannon on my hip just because thats the way Jesus would have wanted it" type arguments.

Could someone direct me to a "pro" open carry site/thread/article that outlines the arguments -for- open carry?

Many thanks,