Thejoyofdriving
Regular Member
Hello,
Im going on vacation with my girlfriend and we will be passing through and spending a night or two in some "bad parts" of long beach - I am told. Ive never been to socal, but she has been down their a lot. Her brother and sister which live in LA and have been to these bad parts(and have had bad encounters). They are cautioning me that open carry might be a bad idea. They are saying that OC'ing through these "bad parts of town" will bring unwanted attention from criminals. They are concerned someone might see my pretty gun and want to take it or a gang member might feel threatened that I'm invading his territory with a gun....or something.
Now, I don't know about all this. I get where they are coming from. There are two schools of thought, one that OC'ing will draw bad attention and get me in trouble i wouldn't be in other wise, and the other is that It will present me as a "hard target" and thus the criminals/gang members will steer clear.
I feel like I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place. I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't. I figure it would be best to ask the advice from people that have open carried in these "bad areas" and see if anyone has any words of wisdom or if anyone has had any problems.
Thanks in advance!
Im going on vacation with my girlfriend and we will be passing through and spending a night or two in some "bad parts" of long beach - I am told. Ive never been to socal, but she has been down their a lot. Her brother and sister which live in LA and have been to these bad parts(and have had bad encounters). They are cautioning me that open carry might be a bad idea. They are saying that OC'ing through these "bad parts of town" will bring unwanted attention from criminals. They are concerned someone might see my pretty gun and want to take it or a gang member might feel threatened that I'm invading his territory with a gun....or something.
Now, I don't know about all this. I get where they are coming from. There are two schools of thought, one that OC'ing will draw bad attention and get me in trouble i wouldn't be in other wise, and the other is that It will present me as a "hard target" and thus the criminals/gang members will steer clear.
I feel like I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place. I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't. I figure it would be best to ask the advice from people that have open carried in these "bad areas" and see if anyone has any words of wisdom or if anyone has had any problems.
Thanks in advance!
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