bwinters

In Nj no open carry since 1966 except a long gun during hunting season. there is no handgun hunting in NJ so that is out. No ccw either as you have to get the local police chief to admit that there is a specific threat against you and he cannot protect you.

whyoh

this might be of interest

killaguhrilla

I carry here on the home spread all the time. The first two rounds in my GP100 are shot rounds for snakes. The last four are 158 grain jacketed hollow points for coyotes or other (two legged) varmints.

Since I'm out working almost every day, I carry almost every day and if I have to jump in the truck to go to the feed store or the hardware store, most of the time, I simply go, pistol and all. Open carry is legal here in Colorado and it would be a serious pain in the backside to have to drop everything to take my holster off every time I needed to run get more boards or something.

I carry everywhere I go, open or not. Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

FRJ

Open carry is alive and well in communist Washington!!!!! It's no big deal and the cops, who are darn good people for the most part here, are aware of the law and don't hassle anyone about it. Although I generally OC most of the time nobody has ever commented on it other than to say they have never seen me carrying a gun. FRJ

Thor45AZ

I open carry here in AZ from time to time. It depends on what I'm doing. If I'm just running up to Wally world or its a really hot day. Otherwise I conceal 90% of the time. Its usually smarter in my opinion to CC whenever possible

Brewster

We have a small sect here that are the flex your rights in your face types. They cause more trouble than good. There was an incident where a guy wore an ar15 on his back and went to one of the malls here. He ended up having around 30 cops their AR's pointed at him and got charged with disorderly conduct. Though he was in his legal rights his act caused a public panic.

Lee D

carrying concealed would give you the element of suprise....which is the way i like it, so i only open carry when hunting during deer season.

grandpabear

I do when I'm hiking and walking through the woods and hunting. It's legal to carry here when archery hunting also if you have a permit.

kingpins9

Incidents like that one are the reason more people need to open carry. Here's a local story that ultimately ended with Cobb County having to educate their officers on GA state weapons carry laws: Firearm Discussion • View topic - Cobb County traffic stop

BuckJM53

kp9 ... I'm not suggesting that there aren't positive OC encounters and situations were the result is a "teaching opportunity". But being real here, I'm simply saying that the potential to find yourself nose to nose with an LEO is substantially greater with OC vs CC. Each person must decide for themselves if the risk is worth it, and IMO, shouldn't ask others to feel sorry for their situation if/when things go wrong.

kingpins9

I'll be completely blunt: I know what my rights are and I also know when and if a cop can ask for ID. Open carry alone does not give cops the right to even stop someone and ask them for ID. Would I open carry in a state that is reciprocal with GA? No. But in my own home state, I do it periodically, and some cops have even winked and nodded. Some people carry looking for a confrontation with police, I carry purely to exercise the right.

Being from Ohio, I know that the police up there are much less tolerant.

BuckJM53

I'm well aware of my rights under Ohio law as well and what LE can and can't legally do. Guess we'll just have to agree to disagree.

kingpins9

I never meant to imply that you didn't, and until recently I had the same exact opinion of open carry. That is until I saw how some police are not fond of it. Then it is the duty of citizens to 'make' them fond of it, based on the laws of course. Once police are conditioned/trained to seeing lawful citizens armed, it becomes no issue to them just as it is with concealed carry.

BuckJM53

kp9 ... please feel free to carry out your perceived duty as a "conditioning" agent for LEOs and the general public on the OC issue. As long as you do it within the law I respect and support your decision 100%. However, since this is still a free country, I will also choose (under the law) how to best exercise my firearms freedoms in a fashion that is appropriate for myself and family.

Pat-inCO

One word handles that - - - WRONG!

It is not up to the public to "force feed" officers into accepting what some individuals do.

From what I have seen in my almost seventy years is that the majority of people that choose to OC do so to "prove" something. I'm not sure if it is because they are slow learners, or if it is because their sense of personal worth is so low, or if they simply want their "fifteen minutes of fame" to be about some cause they have problems fully understanding. Belligerence directed at law enforcement WILL have negative consequences, legal, but none the less negative. If you make the choice to have any given day turn into a twenty minute (up to multiple day) argument with law enforcement, happen to you simply because you decided to OC, then please, DO NOT whine about the results, especially in a CONCEALED CARRY forum.

Gee, you think that might be why so few people OC?