Yeah? Well what if you were required to come & read & post here every day like some of us?
I suspect the truckstop keeps him busy.
Yeah? Well what if you were required to come & read & post here every day like some of us?
Yep, we saw that in Houston. I don't mind untucking my shirt as long as it's convenient to do so. But now we know so we can make an informed decision about what to do there.Local Taco Cabana put up an unofficial sign requesting no open carry. No official signs for any type of carry.
3-4 of us OC at Starbucks in the galleria regularly
Post oak and westyWhich one? I work in the Galleria area (Hidalgo and Sage area).
I Recently posted this on another forum (so some of you may have already read it) but I guess it is appropriate here:
I went open carry for the first time last night. It was our wedding anniversary, so my wife and I along with her parents went to have dinner at The Republic Steakhouse in College Station. It was too warm and humid for a jacket or sweater and the wife did not want me to go untucked casual, so I ended up wearing my baby eagle on my right hip in plain view.
The meal was great best porterhouse I have ever eaten. As for the carry it was a total non-event. Even though our table was in the middle of the dining room so that anyone could clearly see what I was wearing. I saw no surprised or shocked looks or furtive glances, no comments from guests or staff, my gun could have been completely invisible for all that anyone seemed to care.
I'm curious, other than the physical comfort of open carry vs concealed, what other benefits do you see from it? I haven't carried openly, mostly because I feel that if I ever am in a situation where I need to draw my weapon, I would also want the element of surprise. I feel that many situations where it might be necessary (i.e.. active shooter, robbery, etc...), there's a strong likelihood that the offending party will do a threat assessment prior and target any resistance first. I see another downside being the occasional jackass with something to prove looking to... well, prove something.
Have you ever thought that a threat assessment by a bad guy seeing someone armed may deter him from doing something bad in the first place? Nobody is telling you that you need to open carry, it's a personal choice. I haven't seen or heard of anyone being targeted by a bad guy because he was open carrying, so that is just conjecture.I'm curious, other than the physical comfort of open carry vs concealed, what other benefits do you see from it? I haven't carried openly, mostly because I feel that if I ever am in a situation where I need to draw my weapon, I would also want the element of surprise. I feel that many situations where it might be necessary (i.e.. active shooter, robbery, etc...), there's a strong likelihood that the offending party will do a threat assessment prior and target any resistance first. I see another downside being the occasional jackass with something to prove looking to... well, prove something.
Here we go again.
Whether you prefer to CC or OC doesn't really matter, it's the knowing you have that freedom of choice now that does matter. IMO gaining our rights back in any form is the goal.