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I can understand why someone would open carry more and kinda prefer to know who has a gun. I'm from normal places where just no one has a gun, but wouldn't open carry be a deterrent, don't really see the advantage of hiding your gun if you have one.
I saw a clip of a guy open carrying in a gas station, someone walked up behind him, pulled the gun from the holster, and ran out. Just an anecdote but it's part of why I cc. Guns are expensive.
Lol at the dude who got his gun pickpocketed. Probably bought a gun with the intent of shooting a burglar, getting it swiped in public is pretty hilarious. Maybe secure your deadly weapon better. I still don't really get the point of having a gun if you don't tell the world. I've never carried any weapon that could be read as a weapon cause you're not allowed to have them and in the circumstances one was necessary, I taped a baseball bat to my hand. The point was, during the time I was genuinely in real real danger, I made a POINT, to let it be known I was armed, if I had my baseball bat rebar replacement with me, it stuck out enough to be seen. If it's there to make conflict not happem what's the use in hiding it?
Makes sense. I live in a relatively safe area, so I don't really feel a need to deter anyone. In my mind it's just another option I have if I ever need it, useless in most situations but helpful in others.
And yeah iirc the guy that got robbed was a cowboy type, it was pretty funny.
It just feels super weird to me to carry a gun just in case.
To each their own.
You would be considered a dangerous weirdo here, so yknow. Stop being American
Wherever you are randos don't also have guns so it makes sense. In America, unfortunately, people have guns.
Easier said then done.