*snipped*
Uh, no. Not a very sound advice. The old "I have nothing to hide" schtick is such a stupid mentality. Go ahead and be "compliant", but please, do not give out that advice just to be convenient and not looking like an "A-hole".
Do you like being told to hide your gun just so you don't look like an A-hole? Or maybe for the sake of safety? Or maybe convenience? The anti-guns think you look like a total A-hole for open carrying, and the anti-liberty cops think you are an A-hole for exercising your right.
So why not just leave your firearm at home so you don't look like an A-hole?:shocker:
I promise there is at least one pro-liberty guy who thinks he's an "A-hole" for bending over and, well, being one
p).
The point being,
you can't win. There will always be
someone who thinks you're an "A-hole". The sooner you realize this, and start living your life for yourself, the happier you will be.
I require folks to accept me (or not) on my own terms – although I offer them the same courtesy. Fortunately, though, most folks will accept this if it's clear to them they have no ability to change it.
Incidentally, I have found that a whole lot of self-assurance goes a long way in this regard: most folks are able to pick up on such cues, and respond accordingly. If you project complete confidence that you are
supposed to be armed, folks are much less likely to come to any other conclusion. If you convince individuals that you are
supposed to be armed, only the most extreme anti-gunners will react in any way.
Please read this as being the most well-meaning advice, as which it is intended: it is clear from your posts, your positions, and your lines of thought that you aren't confident open carrying.
That's OK. Most of us were nervous at first, too. But there's a very good chance that your own lack of self-assurance led to a self-fulfilling prophecy of being hassled by the police. Consider: you seem to
expect to be stopped. You
expect to be placed in a situation where you have to justify and vindicate yourself, by showing ID and listening to a paternalistic lecture. So there is absolutely no surprise when it happens, is there?
Remember: it is
your right to be armed as you will. Is is your
fundamental human prerogative, as is breathing or being secure in your person. You
belong with a gun on your hip, if that's the choice you make. Anybody who would take issue with that needs to deal with their own problems.
Cross-posted (in part) from:
http://forum.opencarry.org/forums/s...-to-want-to-OC&p=2059707&posted=1#post2059707