Originally Posted by
Nightshade
When i lived in Montana a large number of people open carried. In fact at a bar it was the rule to have to check your weapons in with the bartender so people would empty their handguns and pass them across the bar to me regularly.
Same thing in AZ.
Originally Posted by
JGordon
Open carry is legal here in Colorado, everywhere except Denver (where I live). I have open-carried a few times up in the mountains and in mountain towns, but not in the metro area -- largely because I wanted to avoid a situation like this. Now that I have my CCW, I carry almost everywhere. I don't carry at work because my office has a no-weapons policy and I would be fired if they ever found out, but I carry pretty much everywhere else.
The no-weapons policy annoys me, especially since last year 2 women were raped in the bathrooms on the first floor. Our security personnel -- who do a good job -- don't carry weapons, and there's no cops on the premises, so how does preventing their law-abiding employees from protecting themselves protect help our company?
Originally Posted by
rebeld
like i've stated in this thread in MI it is legal to open carry, there is a group here locally that meets every week in one of the parks and has grill outs and answer questions to passing people to raise awareness and help fight the fears of responsible gunowners
they have had the cops called numerous times but there is nothing they can do and they explain this to the people who call them
open carrying is a hassle due to the large number of stupid scared people so i dont do it ... when in colorado i open carry usually because im frequenting between camp and town so i dont feel like removing. once i finalize my CCW permit i will carry everywhere that its legally possible for me to do so
so it seems that the only places that most people carry guns openly is in the mountains or not heavily populated areas. i understand the need to protect yourself, i understand your need to your "rights" as an american, but at the same time you have to understand the balance between yourself and the other person that doesnt carry/have a gun.
like i said before i am not judging you for carrying a gun nor am i an anti-gun tree hugger liberal, but with every right and privilage there is a law and social tolerance which you have to accept and live with. which goes back to i think someone said, just because you can, doesnt mean you have to.