Then why is it a subject you want in the stable?
So you want to ignore history and learn nothing from it?
So who appointed you the thread god?
Opinions are like a$$holes, you all are one. yeah, I'm such a fool I retired at 55 and all my income is none taxable.
I never said a word about hi-caps being unsafe. You need to bone up on you reading skills. Secondly, the only thing unsafe was the lack of knowledge for only carrying a mag in the gun with no spares. Mags fail and without a spare you just get to die. Wheel guns are safer in thatthe don't ever have FTF or FTE problems. But then you must know this, as knowledgeable as you are.
Ooooh, look! The OP that has stuff on Centralia PD, National OC day, a parade (who doesn't like a parade?), cool stuff, eh?So I decided I would commit to open carrying all day on the 4th, in honor of our country's great heritage of liberty, and with a nod to National Open Carry Day.
My wife and son and some family friends and I all went to the parade. There was a big turnout, so we had to park several blocks away and walk, strong side to to the road, past families and LEOs, to find a spot to sit.
Stood around talking for a while, people everywhere, and my gun feeling huge and conspicuous hanging out there (well it is a Hi-Point). But nobody said a word and nobody freaked out and ran away. And the sky did not, in fact fall.
After the parade, we walked a different route back, and headed over to the police trailer -- our friend who was with us is a police reserve and wanted to say "hi". They didn't even bat an eye seeing me walk up with a lawfully-carried pistol.
I'd also informed somebody from work about National Open Carry Day, and although we didn't connect, he was at the parade as well, open carrying a revolver.
Big props to Centralia PD and the general public for making this non-issue a non-issue, just like it should be.
It was a great day to be an American. I'm still basking in the glow of my first big public open carry. :celebrate
I'll bet there's a common thread to most of 'em. Anyone care to guess what it might be? :banghead:
So I decided I would commit to open carrying all day on the 4th, in honor of our country's great heritage of liberty, and with a nod to National Open Carry Day.
My wife and son and some family friends and I all went to the parade. There was a big turnout, so we had to park several blocks away and walk, strong side to to the road, past families and LEOs, to find a spot to sit.
Stood around talking for a while, people everywhere, and my gun feeling huge and conspicuous hanging out there (well it is a Hi-Point
After the parade, we walked a different route back, and headed over to the police trailer -- our friend who was with us is a police reserve and wanted to say "hi". They didn't even bat an eye seeing me walk up with a lawfully-carried pistol.
I'd also informed somebody from work about National Open Carry Day, and although we didn't connect, he was at the parade as well, open carrying a revolver.
Big props to Centralia PD and the general public for making this non-issue a non-issue, just like it should be.
It was a great day to be an American. I'm still basking in the glow of my first big public open carry. :celebrate