Situational awareness
Another open carrier had his gun stolen.
From the video, it looks like the guy had the butt of the gun hanging out of his pocket. And this:
The victim then chased the suspect in an attempt to retrieve his stolen gun but the thief turned around and pointed the pistol at the victim before fleeing, according to Rothschild.
The time to react to a gun grab is during the actual grab. When they’ve already got it, it’s a bit more risky.
May 12th, 2016 at 6:46 pm
I sometimes open carry for PR reasons. Backup pistol is necessary, and backup friends are highly recommended.
May 12th, 2016 at 7:06 pm
Yeah well, you can a get crappy burger anywhere, but a free gun flopping around? You don’t get one of those every day.
May 12th, 2016 at 9:05 pm
To all the OC proponents who rag on those who freak about pieces hanging out willy nilly…well, rag on me too. Not that I’m concerned about the toter his/her ownself if they’re OC’ing responsibly, more that when a nitwit has it hanging where any other nitwit can help himself to it.
To slightly alter the context of a pretty good snark from a pretty good snarker,
If your gun is hanging out in close proximity to unknown others, “…you don’t have a gun, y’all have a gun.”
May 12th, 2016 at 10:05 pm
I thought we agreed that the correct spelling was:
“Y’all y’all have a gun.”
May 12th, 2016 at 10:24 pm
It was a quote. I’d have used the correct vernacular “ya’ll”. 😉
May 12th, 2016 at 10:25 pm
da eff happened to my winky?
May 12th, 2016 at 10:37 pm
y’all have a gun, is funny. It’s a community gun really, just in case anybody wants it.
May 12th, 2016 at 11:37 pm
@Oleg,
I think when pretty much anybody open carries, it’s “for PR reasons”.
May 13th, 2016 at 3:01 pm
Perhaps the right thing to do is to open carry with a gun loaded with kaboom ammunition- and carry a real gun concealed.
May 16th, 2016 at 6:33 am
Well now. I remember raising the retention issue with a Famous Gun Blogger a bunch of years ago… and being told I must be a troll working for Sarah Brady, because NO open carrier had EVER had his gun heisted.