I'm personally NOT a big fan of openly carrying a weapon, unless you're working armed security, are a cop, in the military, competing in a shooting competition or participating in a "Old West Days" celebration where you're dressed in period gear, etc.
Open carry (for civilians) tends to make the "gun shy" folks a bit nervous, at least in my experience. It also advertises to the bad guys that you have a weapon, which can be good OR bad (depending on the circumstances). It's also been my experience that MOST CCW holders receive no training nor actively seek out training for gun retention techniques. That's bad, and potentially lethal.
That does NOT mean I'm against open carry, by any means. Obviously there's times when it's a benefit, like the above mentioned circumstances with guys wearing cowboy outfits, etc., security guards (I basically do NOT believe in unarmed, untrained security for ANY reason at ANY location ANYWHERE, period).
And there's times when it's more comfortable NOT to have to hide your weapon, like when it's very hot (not a real issue to my thinking, however. I've CC'd when it's been over 100 degrees with no adverse affects. Think smarter.), and in a restaurant where you might want to take your coat off, but have to worry about exposing your weapon. THAT circumstance (coat off in restaurant) is basically why the OC stipulation is part of Indiana CCW law. Ya don't want a CCW holder all of a sudden in violation of the law because they took off a coat / sweater to sit down and dine comfortably, doesn't make much sense. But it IS called a concealed carry weapons permit for a reason.
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