mattmed
Regular Member
I open carried for the first time today. It was pretty neat. I gotta say it feels so much better than having my gun jabbing me in the back and slightly moving up and down as I walk. Plus, since it is 160 degrees outside, it is cooler than a sweaty uncle mikes in the back. Generally speaking, I'm sold. This is going to be my preferred method of carry. Obviously I will use common sense as to where and when. I think that just because we CAN do something, doesn't mean we SHOULD. I refrained from doing it yesterday at the 4th of July celebrations I attended; I carried concealed. Anyways, I went to Target, Goodwill, and then Publix. I was kind of walking on air, like one guy posted on another thread, but that only lasted for a couple minutes. After about 5 minutes in Target when I came to the see that people were not running around screaming and pointing at me and shielding their children while a SWAT team repelled out of the ceiling with flashbangs to subdue me, it was cool. Most people didn't even notice. In fact the only contact I had at all about my gun is when my wife and I were waiting at the deli counter while our meat was being sliced, another customer asked me if I was a cop. I responded no, and that you just have to have a license. She said "oh, like concealed carry?" And I responded yes, you can do either. That was it. My kid waved by to hers and we left. Oh well, this has dragged on, just wanted to share. I know it's probably pretty trivial to those that have been doing it a while. For those that are on the fence, I'd say go for it.
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