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You know it is amazing how this question keeps coming up. It would not be except this is a forum in support of Open Carry.
What seems to be lost in all this is simple comfort. In another month the daily temps here will be in the 90's every day. Under those conditions it is even too hot for an over shirt. Frankly I don't like the feel of the hammer jabbing me in the skin if I carry under a "T' shirt. Moreover, leather against my skin is irritating, and plastic is worse. Carry in a fanny pack is hot and causes prickly heat.
So while it is frankly nobodies business WHY I might choose to open carry when I do, it is simply more comfortable. So the real question is NOT why do I or anyone else here choose to OC. The real question is why would someone choose not to when it is more comfortable and it is legal to do so.
I have a CHP, and I carry in the manner I find comfortable. Even when I CC I do so with some disregard as to how well the gun is concealed, unless it is important to be more discrete for legal reasons. For you that NEVER OC because other people make you uncomfortable, well I would submit that is your problem, it is not a legitimate excuse, and in this forum you should explain why you refuse to OC. Nobody here owes you ANY explanation of why they do OC.
I also have skinny dipped a few times in my life. Just another form of OC from my point of view. You gonna ask why I would do that now?
You seem shocked that people have called you trolls for your posts here. Well I would submit that if you went on a NASCAR forum and advocated for hybrid race cars you might get tagged as a troll there too. You can't wade into a forum that is designated for a single purpose, advocate against that purpose, and expect to be welcomed as a supporter of their cause.
I have never liked the term 'troll" but you might forgive me if I have a vision of you riding in a slow boat dragging a bated hook in the water.
Regards