How come no one carries openly? We were talking about this at deer camp this weekend. If its legal, I dare you to start wearing your side arm out in public. Let us know how that works out for you.
As soon as I'm sure it is legal, I will be wearing my side arm openly. But I won't be the first. Will you?
As a practical matter, it wouldn't work very well for me. I have a sports car and wearing my Browning Hi-Power on my hip wouldn't be good for me or my car seat. That's leaving aside that I have to go into Washington, DC most days and go through a metal detector. So, I have cross-jurisdictional issues, government building issues, police issues....lol, car issues etc.
If I were just out in public and didn't have those issues would I open carry?
I think that I would worry that I would want to go someplace (like a bar) where you can't have a firearm. Then, what would I do with it? So, it seems inconvenient. I'm all about convenience too. I used to use a money clip, but I had a project in the US Supreme Court and I got tired of having to unclip the cash to get through the metal detector so I stopped using a money clip....lol. A pistol is a lot bigger headache than a money clip.
I've only rarely wished I had a pistol and on half of those occasions, it's probably a good thing I didn't. It only would have made a bad problem worse.
Ok, why isn't ANYONE carrying? You know thousands would if they thought they could get away with it. All my buddies would. Maybe not all the time, but whenever and for whatever reason. But NO ONE is trying it.
My buddies with CCW's say there may be other laws that you are breaking, or you'll get harrassed and the cops called wherever you go. I'd seriously like to know for sure. But even if you ask a cop, who knows if the rules very city to city, etc.