Nate1980
New member
Just wanted to make a presence on this forum, more than anything to thank all of you on here for all your advice, knowledge shared, and different points of view as it all has made my first experiences open carrying in Colorado that much easier and comfortable. I purchased my first handgun about three weeks ago and was not sure what I could do or how I should go about having my handgun with me for protection. So I feel very thankful I ran across OCDO and spent days going through threads on this forum both the general threads and the Colorado threads. There is so much great information here and seeing the points of views of so many different people really helps. I do plan to get my CCW sometime this year only for the fact of carrying in the winter where I would wear a jacket or just in case I would need to wear something that ends up covering my weapon I won't have to worry about it not being in plain sight, but for the most part I plan on always open carrying. I live in Grand Junction and have not seen any other open carriers yet but I am sure they are out there. I have been in many grocery stores, gas stations, and retail stores open carrying without a problem. I notice people seeing that I am carrying, keeping myself aware of people around me, but they never say anything and I am always polite to everyone, even more so now. I am proud to be able to exercise my 2nd amendment right, to protect myself and my family, and just glad to have found this forum and the people in it to help me find the information I need to make it easier to know the does and don'ts.