1) Seriously... who on earth is going to say "yes" to "is that acceptable" when you say the Fed is going to control something that we do or how we do it. Of course not. It's absolutely ridiculous, and I can't believe you think anyone is going to say, "SURE! The Federal Govt knows what it best for me!!!!" 
2) Would I feel safer seeing everyone carrying and seeing the folks that aren't carrying? Well, I would feel both. I would feel a little safer against random psycho shoot-em-up Columbine types, because every place you go would have a bunch of folks visibly packing. But I would feel personally less safe against the one on one intimate kind of assault, attack or mugging, because the bad guy not only knows exactly what he's up against and where to grab, but you will also be dealing with someone who KNOWS you have a gun and yet is still willing to attack you. That's a serious kind of bad guy.
3) Would I carry more often or less often if I knew others around me were carrying? NO DIFFERENCE. What others are doing would not change what I'm doing. I know that being ordered to do something in a certain way by the Feds would certainly put me in a crappy mood.
4) What and how: Glock 29, probably on some kind of a OWB belt holster, with some kind of retention. Sucks, because nobody makes a decent finger operated retention holster for this fat thing, like a Blackhawk Serpa. I would want something that wouldn't get yanked out without a struggle, yet something I could deal with after practicing. Why a G29? 'Cause that's what I carry, and I own it for carry, so I would carry it.
Aside from the 4 questions, I really like that open carry is legal in Ohio, and the biggest reason that I like it is because I'm not specifically breaking the law if my shirt or jacket or whatever compromising position I end up in shows my pistol accidentally. There are places where I'd be breaking the law in the same instance. I know that Florida is one, Texas may be another. In Ohio, I choose not to open carry unless I'm doing something outdoorsy and away from the city, like riding four wheelers, running a chainsaw, having a bonfire, etc etc.
In Ohio, yeah... I could walk the streets of Clevehole with a .44 Mag on my hip according to the letter of the law, but then I get to be a test case for what does and what does NOT constitute inciting panic. So I don't walk around cities and neighborhoods and the mall at Christmastime with an eight-inch barreled revolver hanging down my thigh. But when I'm on my cycle for a 250-mile day (like I was lucky enough to do today! ) and the wind happens to kick up both my mesh jacket and my shirt and some lady one lane over in the blue Saab sees my IWB and grip sticking out, I haven't broken the law. Not the letter of it nor the spirit.
If your argument is that you don't want every loudmouth knuckle dragging cromagnon ambling down the sidewalk with a Hi-Point riding mexican in his droopy drawers, I'm with you. But I realized a long time ago that I don't get to have everything my way, and also that I don't get to choose who are the good guys and who doesn't qualify to my strict standards. I've seen plenty of folks at public ranges, swap meets and gun shows that I would much rather NOT be handling firearms, but this is not something I'm entitled to control, nor would I trust my own judgement in the matter.
God forbid if someone else had the authority to judge me.
2) Would I feel safer seeing everyone carrying and seeing the folks that aren't carrying? Well, I would feel both. I would feel a little safer against random psycho shoot-em-up Columbine types, because every place you go would have a bunch of folks visibly packing. But I would feel personally less safe against the one on one intimate kind of assault, attack or mugging, because the bad guy not only knows exactly what he's up against and where to grab, but you will also be dealing with someone who KNOWS you have a gun and yet is still willing to attack you. That's a serious kind of bad guy.
3) Would I carry more often or less often if I knew others around me were carrying? NO DIFFERENCE. What others are doing would not change what I'm doing. I know that being ordered to do something in a certain way by the Feds would certainly put me in a crappy mood.
4) What and how: Glock 29, probably on some kind of a OWB belt holster, with some kind of retention. Sucks, because nobody makes a decent finger operated retention holster for this fat thing, like a Blackhawk Serpa. I would want something that wouldn't get yanked out without a struggle, yet something I could deal with after practicing. Why a G29? 'Cause that's what I carry, and I own it for carry, so I would carry it.
Aside from the 4 questions, I really like that open carry is legal in Ohio, and the biggest reason that I like it is because I'm not specifically breaking the law if my shirt or jacket or whatever compromising position I end up in shows my pistol accidentally. There are places where I'd be breaking the law in the same instance. I know that Florida is one, Texas may be another. In Ohio, I choose not to open carry unless I'm doing something outdoorsy and away from the city, like riding four wheelers, running a chainsaw, having a bonfire, etc etc.
In Ohio, yeah... I could walk the streets of Clevehole with a .44 Mag on my hip according to the letter of the law, but then I get to be a test case for what does and what does NOT constitute inciting panic. So I don't walk around cities and neighborhoods and the mall at Christmastime with an eight-inch barreled revolver hanging down my thigh. But when I'm on my cycle for a 250-mile day (like I was lucky enough to do today!
) and the wind happens to kick up both my mesh jacket and my shirt and some lady one lane over in the blue Saab sees my IWB and grip sticking out, I haven't broken the law. Not the letter of it nor the spirit.If your argument is that you don't want every loudmouth knuckle dragging cromagnon ambling down the sidewalk with a Hi-Point riding mexican in his droopy drawers, I'm with you. But I realized a long time ago that I don't get to have everything my way, and also that I don't get to choose who are the good guys and who doesn't qualify to my strict standards. I've seen plenty of folks at public ranges, swap meets and gun shows that I would much rather NOT be handling firearms, but this is not something I'm entitled to control, nor would I trust my own judgement in the matter.
God forbid if someone else had the authority to judge me.
