Why do you bring up open carry? Are you a sadist?
Masochist.
Why do you bring up open carry? Are you a sadist?
Dude......you gotta stop using them big wordsMasochist.
qft!yah know, for the longest time i couldn't make up my mind on this one. Should i support open carry or keep my mouth shut, and if i do support it, doesn't carrying openly make me a "shoot me first target". In the end what i came up with is this: We live in a nation that despite being one of the gun friendliest places on earth (in terms of gun law) is very uncomfortable with the guns that were banned for 20 years(other guns as well, but if i carry a rifle that isn't black, and is set up for hunting in mcd's most people don't freak out). During that period of time, those rifles were only seen in action films, and on the news while some reporter was talking about some horrible conflict.(generalization, i know) open carry does a very good job of fixing that. Wether people say they agree with it or not, it changes how they view it. Wether or not they believe it to be legal, most folks that disagree with it will eventually come to point where they accept it as something they don't like about society,but don't think will change, because that is the path of least resistance.
This is not only necessary for changing peoples perspective on the rifle in my back window, so i can go hunting unmolested. But also for curbing abuse of power, as far as it comes to leo's. Again when the path of least resistance is; "just let them do what the law says, we don't want the extra work or the embarrassment". Then we have a tool with which to fight allot of things, that are unjust in nature.
Now, mind you. I don't carry openly, but i may at one time or another join a march. This a huge socio-political tool. You don't "stick it to the man", by civil disobedience, just cause you feel like it. Civil disobedience(like it or not that is how it started) has to have a purpose.
Believe it or not, if this goes on for long enough, that it becomes "mainstream". It stands a good chance of painting anti-2aer's as the bad guys. Now that would take a few years. But when you hear the question in an airport bar: "why doesn't he just leave them alone, they aren't doing anything"(and its some 25 y.o. Blonde, who wouldn't know a lcp from a bar, referring to some commi trying to pass a gun bill) then you know we have had a social impact.
Masochist.
Why am I not surprised?......
Can't tell if serious........
I hope you don't live in a flood plain....
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Youve heard of a boot knife. He has two Nike knives.
Id vote just get it over with and put your AK in your backpack.
Smith and Wesson Model 36 (J-Frame 38 snubnose)
I carry it as my primary when it gets too hot in the summer to conceal my glock. Another reason it should not be a crime not to hide your weapon.
My cousin is a deputy sheriff. He was involved in a shooting in which his arm was disabled and he could not reload his pistol. While he survived that situation, it could have easily gone a different way. Having a second firearm makes sense when you think about it from this perspective.
My cousin is a deputy sheriff. He was involved in a shooting in which his arm was disabled and he could not reload his pistol. While he survived that situation, it could have easily gone a different way. Having a second firearm makes sense when you think about it from this perspective.
There is a technique where one can learn (again, training) to reload a revolver or SA with either hand just for this type of scenario. Back up firearms are unsafe. In a situation where lethal force is not justified, you now have two firearms to control. Learn to shoot with strong and support hands...learn to load with strong and support hands is the key. I and others teach both. A back up gun is a quick fix due to lack of training.
In the 60s, 4 state troopers in Newhall, California were basically assassinated and one of the contributing factors was their inability to reload with the support hand. Much training emanated from this event, and by the way, at least two had back up guns but could not retrieve them from their holsters with the support hand!!
A back up gun is a quick fix due to lack of training.
In the 60s, 4 state troopers in Newhall, California were basically assassinated and one of the contributing factors was their inability to reload with the support hand. Much training emanated from this event, and by the way, at least two had back up guns but could not retrieve them from their holsters with the support hand!!
Redundancy is a requirement for a few.