100Percen%
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Ok, I would have liked to not be forced by curiosity to bring this up, but here it goes. First of all, I am black. While I realize the slim chance I'm still gonna ask; are there any other black people on this forum and do you open carry? Personally, that is my main reason for being very apprehensive toward trying this out. If I'm just paranoid please let me know. Just the other day I was on my way to work, dressed very nicely to adhere to the business casual dress code on the weekday, I'm carrying my Glock17 (in my hand) in holster to the car like I do every day. There's almost never anyone outside when I do, but this day my new neighbors happen to be getting in the car at the same time as me, also parked right next to me. Just to mention I live in a very nice neighborhood that I'll be moving out of shortly so they can turn my apartment into a condo. Maybe people in an area like this would be more on the uppity side and likely to react this way. I greet the man, who is probably the husband of the lady I met a couple weeks ago (lady already in the car), like nothing is out of the ordinary and I was in a hurry so I wouldn't be late. The guy has this hypnotic stare fixed on the gun and never attempts to look me in the eye, but he does respond to my greeting with a small, reluctant voice while sliding in the passenger seat. I couldn't tell if he was sweating because of the LA heat or the heart attack he almost had. Now I stick my gun in my pocket on the way to the car. Don't take this the wrong way. I'm not so ignorant or naive to think this only happened because of my skin, but I'm not so ignorant or naive to not have the question mark in the back of my mind. Guns do attract a lot of attention on their own, but guns paired with racism might be a combination I don't need. Not even so much on the civilian side, but what about LEOs? I'm all for exercising a right, but even if it's not something I can legally be taken to jail for I don't have time to be feared and harassed every where I go.
Ok, I would have liked to not be forced by curiosity to bring this up, but here it goes. First of all, I am black. While I realize the slim chance I'm still gonna ask; are there any other black people on this forum and do you open carry? Personally, that is my main reason for being very apprehensive toward trying this out. If I'm just paranoid please let me know. Just the other day I was on my way to work, dressed very nicely to adhere to the business casual dress code on the weekday, I'm carrying my Glock17 (in my hand) in holster to the car like I do every day. There's almost never anyone outside when I do, but this day my new neighbors happen to be getting in the car at the same time as me, also parked right next to me. Just to mention I live in a very nice neighborhood that I'll be moving out of shortly so they can turn my apartment into a condo. Maybe people in an area like this would be more on the uppity side and likely to react this way. I greet the man, who is probably the husband of the lady I met a couple weeks ago (lady already in the car), like nothing is out of the ordinary and I was in a hurry so I wouldn't be late. The guy has this hypnotic stare fixed on the gun and never attempts to look me in the eye, but he does respond to my greeting with a small, reluctant voice while sliding in the passenger seat. I couldn't tell if he was sweating because of the LA heat or the heart attack he almost had. Now I stick my gun in my pocket on the way to the car. Don't take this the wrong way. I'm not so ignorant or naive to think this only happened because of my skin, but I'm not so ignorant or naive to not have the question mark in the back of my mind. Guns do attract a lot of attention on their own, but guns paired with racism might be a combination I don't need. Not even so much on the civilian side, but what about LEOs? I'm all for exercising a right, but even if it's not something I can legally be taken to jail for I don't have time to be feared and harassed every where I go.