I carry a gun. Inside my waistband and under a shirt like a fucking adult. Open carrying out in the wilderness, for work or on a range is understandable.
Randos carrying in public is pure cringe and is super counterproductive to the goal of practical responsible gun ownership as I see it.
Everyone else did a good job of listing the rest so I figured it was implied so here goes.
Open carrying makes you a bigger target to hypothetical mass shooters because you are the biggest threat to them and will be targeted first before you can react.
It makes you a bigger target to hypothetical robbers who use your weapon to size up how much money you have/make.
It is clearly visible so the chance of social interaction goes up (see comic)
It puts guns as front and center as your whole personality. Showing anything as your whole personality is not great, but something controversial and divisive is worse.
And nearly all of this is avoidable by simply concealed carrying if you want to be armed.
I carry a gun. Inside my waistband and under a shirt like a fucking adult. Open carrying out in the wilderness, for work or on a range is understandable.
Randos carrying in public is pure cringe and is super counterproductive to the goal of practical responsible gun ownership as I see it.
of all the motives to be against open carry, putting cringe as one of them is … cringe.
Everyone else did a good job of listing the rest so I figured it was implied so here goes.
Open carrying makes you a bigger target to hypothetical mass shooters because you are the biggest threat to them and will be targeted first before you can react.
It makes you a bigger target to hypothetical robbers who use your weapon to size up how much money you have/make.
It is clearly visible so the chance of social interaction goes up (see comic)
It puts guns as front and center as your whole personality. Showing anything as your whole personality is not great, but something controversial and divisive is worse.
And nearly all of this is avoidable by simply concealed carrying if you want to be armed.
yeah as I said, a lot of good motives, mentioning cringe is childish
If you say so