"Nothing at all . You think open carrying of loaded handguns in public will become fashionable in CA ? I think if anyone took to this they 'd find themselves asked to leave establishments routinely . I 'm not against concealed carry in principle but open carry seems silly to me . I smell posers ."
"Open carry is gaining momentum in Michigan , so who knows ? And the I smell posers comment ... well , I 'll just say that I think you 're jumping to a premature conclusion . I 'm catching up on this thread and have a few more pages to go , but I wanted to address this comment before I go on . Most of us who openly carry in Michigan , are licensed to conceal , but we are carrying openly to promote the concept . Let me note that I , too , believe that openly carrying an unloaded firearm is asking for trouble . I ca n't see how it could make any situation safer , with it taking seconds to load a gun and get it into battery . Luckily we carry loaded here , which drastically changes the dynamics . When one can go from either concealment or a side holstered weapon to putting holes in a center mass in under a second , that 's an effective deterrent . Then we hear the `` gun grab `` argument - if you 're openly carrying , anyone could grab your gun . This just is n't practical . If a criminal wants a gun , h'es going to B & amp ; E a house or obtain it by other means than trying to take it off of someone who 's wearing one . There 's just too big a chance of getting shot . Not to mention that when someone is openly carrying , they generally have a heightened state of awareness . We pay more attention to what 's going on around us . Another hitch in that argument is equipment . Most who OC , like me , have retention holsters . They `` lock `` the gun into place in the holster and a button must be pressed to draw the weapon . Therefore , someone would n't be able to just sneak up and pull the weapon from its holster . Criminals traditionally go for easy targets . If Joe is visibly armed and Pete is n't , which would be the more likely victim ? If a thug walks into a C-store with ill intentions and sees a customer or two armed , I can say with certainty that the thug will wait until the store 's empty or pick another location . Carrying openly can be an effective crime deterrent , and seeing armed good guys here and there is a constant reminder to the criminal element that we ( , the People ) are taking arms and proactively defending ourselves . Just bear these things in mind before jumping on the `` open carry is crazy `` bandwagon ."
"You think open carrying of loaded handguns in public will become fashionable in CA"
"the People are taking arms and proactively defending ourselves"