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Originally Posted by GregWeld
It's funny isn't it --- if a cop is open carry people feel protected.... but if a citizen open carries they feel threatened. Go figure.
If you want to carry - get a CC permit - and don't go around having people freaked out. Why create a problem when you can avoid it so easily.
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I don't agree 100% with the last half of your statement. While I don't want people to freak out, I am only willing to go so far to make others comfortable. Others need to respect my rights and feelings, just as I do theirs.
I see a lot of people who carry concealed. It's not obvious, but if you look a lot of people who do carry 'imprint'. I have to wonder how things might be different if all of those people where to open carry. Would we be having the anti gun crazyness we are seeing or would people understand that a gun isn't evil? I honestly think that crime would be way down. Fear of the unknown is very powerful. A person, like an officer, who everyone knows has a gun isn't viewed as a threat. Like any police officer, my gun is carried for the same reason. Protection. Protection against those who would do me or my loved ones harm.