Citizen
Founder's Club Member
Recently, reported in the Washington sub-forum, a genuine unicorn was discovered, and the term was correctly used to describe the person. But, that is the first correct usage of the term I've seen in a long while. Almost always the term is mis-used. And, I usually end up clearing up the misunderstanding (and false report of a unicorn sighting).
So, I decided to post this thread. Hoping to clear things up.
Unicorn. noun. An open-carrier who did not discover the legality of OC through a gun rights group or OCDO. This person found out OC was legal on his own, and just decided to start OCing. In the early days of OCDO, such a person was judged to be very rare. About as rare as a unicorn.
This explanation was posted in the early days by one of the original OCDO members, username Longwatch.
A unicorn is not just any other OCer not known to the spotter.
A special sub-species of unicorn lives in Arizona where OC was not unheard of before OCDO. Also, there are a few unicorns right here on OCDO. I believe Sonora Rebel is one. Some of these people were OCing as far back as the 1970's--well before OCDO.
So, I decided to post this thread. Hoping to clear things up.
Unicorn. noun. An open-carrier who did not discover the legality of OC through a gun rights group or OCDO. This person found out OC was legal on his own, and just decided to start OCing. In the early days of OCDO, such a person was judged to be very rare. About as rare as a unicorn.
This explanation was posted in the early days by one of the original OCDO members, username Longwatch.
A unicorn is not just any other OCer not known to the spotter.
A special sub-species of unicorn lives in Arizona where OC was not unheard of before OCDO. Also, there are a few unicorns right here on OCDO. I believe Sonora Rebel is one. Some of these people were OCing as far back as the 1970's--well before OCDO.
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