Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Open Carry Day

I was congratulating Breda last weekend on her open carry experience and said “Hey! We should have an open carry day and see how many people we can get to do it!” And so we touched base with Mike W., who has been OCing for a while, now. And I know there are a lot of others out there that just do it and don’t blog about it, because it’s just not a big deal once you get over that feeling that everyone is staring at you like they did in high school when you had that giant Cyclops zit on your forehead that popped up after your Algebra class and nobody told you about it. (Don’t tell me I was the only one. We didn’t have Pro-Active back in the old days.)

ANYHOW. June 5th (the first Sunday in June) has hereby been declared the first annual Open Carry Day for those that can do it. That's it. Just wear a gun, and go about your normal daily routine. The sight of regular people wearing a gun shouldn't be a big deal, and who better to normalize it than reasonably normal people? Report back with what happens. I’m hoping there will be a lot observations that “Person goes about their normal day with a gun and nothing happened!” It will turn into a non-event, which is exactly what open carrying should be.

16 comments:

  1. I'm down with it.

    Just remember sportsfans, O/C is void where prohibited by law........ Just sayin'.........

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  2. I would, but I'll be in Texas, and it's not legal there... sigh...

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  3. Maybe we should have a "rain date" carry day on the 11th for those that can't participate on the 5th?

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  4. Hmm. I will have to arrange to be in New Hampster on the 5th...

    Now... The hard part...

    WHAT TO WEAR???

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  5. Hey Jay G!

    Pearls, Man they go with EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!

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  6. I'm in!

    http://themillermeister.blogspot.com/2011/05/oc-bandwagon.html

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  7. I'll be working, so, in the interest of remaining employed and out of prison, I'll pass...

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  8. @Jay G, A gun! as long as you remember that...
    Nah! I don't want to encourage that concept. Besides, Nude Concealed Carry is so much more Orwellian! I'll be OCing on the 5th. And ya better have my cub scout badge ready!

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  9. Guess I "jumped the gun" (pun unintended but I'll leave it). OC'd day before yesterday since it was a) warm, and b) one of the dogs chewed a hole in my Eddie Bauer fishing vest (favorite warm-weather cover garment to date).
    4" S&W Mod 28 crossdraw in Bianchi Cyclone with double speed loader pouch which is usually for one of our canyon/mountain outings but Bride wanted to walk into town, so that's what we did.
    I'll join you on the 5th - unless I have to be within city/county of Denver, the only place in Colorado where OC is still prohibited - albeit in violation of state preemption...

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  10. @Old NFO
    Open carry of long arms is legal in Texas, though the law is not written well...

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  11. In Ohio if you have a CCW permit your not able to carry " Open "...

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  12. Sunday at church we had 7 folks Open carrying out of 32 attendees. The Pastor and 2 women were part of the show of Liberty. We would have had more but several carried concealed since they did not get word in time.

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  13. 7 of us went to dinner at the Hong Kong Restaurant in Nampa Idaho. 3 open carrying. Had a wonderful meal. Talked a little to the waiter and invited him to one of our meetings. Continued the rest of the evening shopping until closing time. A great Open Carry Day!

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  14. Where do they get the idea that you can't open carry if you have a chl. I have heard that this is comming from some instructors I wish someone would set them straight. That's like saying that since I have a drivers license I can't walk to the store

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