Chuck52
New member
Hi guys and gals. Thanks for letting me join. I hope I'm doing this in right section. I'm newb to this sight fairly newbie to computers & to guns. My name is Charlie I've lived here in Maryville TN. My whole life & a huge fan of TN. VOLS Football. I bleed orange. Like I said I'm fairly new to guns also. I'v been shooting roughly 8 months. Have been a carry permit holder for 5 months now. When I got my Permit I went and Purchased a Ruger GP100 with 3 inch barrel figuring it be a lot easier to conceal which it is. You can't tell its there. My question to others that Open Carry in Tenn. Do you seem to get harrased? Like I said carrying concealed there is no issues. Except when I go to shoot at range. When at range sometimes after taking gun out my pants may be a little loose which I may have to tighten belt this is big issue if I was needed to help protect my family & my pants were to baggie to move freely. Its not always the issue but if there is one that's probabably going to be it. My other sometimes issue is after shooting at range putting gun back in my holster inside the pants it is tight and difficult to reholster. This was making me think of open carrying. I was just wandering what types of reactions most people get? I've watched some videos on YouTube of people who were not harming anyone or causing any problems but they ended up getting harassed by cops or it may have been mall cops or cops at park like park rangers. I'm not sure what states all these were in but I don't want issues with being harassed by law enforcement or being harassed by other law abiding citizens like my self. So should I Just keep it concealed or try open carry? I'm just curious to other responsible people thoughts are on this? Thanks if anyone has any questions I may not know the answer but I'll try to help people out any way I possibly can. And again thanks for letting me join this great looking site & am eager to learn more about gun & gun safety!