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RE: Open carry in Texas?
 

i think some of the peeps here dont live/work/comute in as hostile enviornments as others. i really think its a shame to have to pack to feel safe,but if you saw what i see on a daily basis in my area , one would have the same feelin. not that i feel taller, but damn i hate to be tested. my wife didnot want to carry until the lady parked right next to her got knocked out and car jacked at walmart at 9 freekin am! she saw this go down and she cant see not carrying her little 38special. i know this thread has gone off it topic of open carry, but just thought some of yall should know that there are some pretty rough areas were having it and not needin it as to needin and not havin it applies big time.

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Personally i do not like open carry. You can legally do it in Virginia where i live but in my mind it is not the brightest idea. Like some others have said though not all of us work a desk job, we are out there working in the ghettos sometimes and those people will confront people and gang them, it happens. I like to keep my piece in my truck for emergency but i have a whole lot of hand to hand training so im fairly confident that if i even needed a gun i would be able to retrieve it. The element of suprise is a good thing if it's on your side.

LOL nice vid TheX. Dude was a bit trigger happy but still funny.

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What part of what I said did you not understand?

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I believe what he's trying to say is, all permit holders are white bigots, fresh out of prison, and looking for a chance to kill someone. Makes perfect sense to me. I see it in the head lines all the time, "CCW permit holder shoots 3 people in a argument over babies momma".

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^^ Not all of them. I'm sure the instance of armed bigotry subsides once you get out of the Utah/Idaho longitude. I cannot speak for the South, but in the Rockies, white prejudice is as natural as trucks, guns, and beer...all four at the same time, usually. Having a permit just means you won't be hassled by the Sheriff.

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Do you seriously believe a parolee can legally obtain a conceal carry permit? Let alone, ride around and commit "armed bigotry". And simply flash a CCW permit (which he'd never be able to obtain due to being a PAROLEE) to local LEOs, so they would waive him on. You sir are severely misinformed.

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Personally I like both concepts, but see pro's/cons to both of them.

Open carry does have tactical benefits, in ease of draw/ response time, but it also has drawbacks in that it makes it easier for the gun to be taken away from you (imagine a "pickweapon" instead of a "pickpocket") also it gives the criminal advance warning on what the threat is, and therefore removes the element of surprise if he does decide to attack.

On a law enforcement standpoint, it would make it easier in that you would know right off the bat that you are dealing with an armed citizen. But it could also embolden the emerging "thuglets" that want to boost their image as a "badass"

Concealed carry gives you the element of surprise, but it adds the encumberment of having to conceal the weapon, It does add the level of uncertainty to the criminal that the person may-or may not be armed, but it lays the responsibility on the citizen to inform law enforcement that they are armed, if they ever have an encounter with them.

Honestly, I don't know what the right answer is, but I do like having the choice...


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Or perhaps it's beyond his peabrain to comprehend that people can exercise thier constitutional rights without wanting to kill people.

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Replying to, or about him just makes it worse. Ignore him.