If both OC and CC is/were an option, which of the following best applies to you:

If both OC and CC is/were an option, which of the following best applies to you:

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BTW, no permit needed to CC or OC, here in the wild west!
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Only if you are a Wyoming resident. Unlike Alaska,Arizona or Vermont, where you can wander in from Czechoslovakia, strap on and cowboy up! :D

All others need a permit to concealed carry that has reciprocity with Wyoming.
Open Carry is OK,Czechs! :D
 
You are right. It is a terrible rule and has already landed some folks in a Wyoming hoosegow. We have to spread the word that as of this moment,you must have a permit honored by Wyoming to concealed carry in the Cowboy State.

I love Wyoming and Florida is honored there. But that asinine law has to change to reflect true Constitutional Carry,ala AK,AZ and VT.

At least Wyoming is halfway there. Florida is one of just 5 states that forbid OC. We lost it in 1987.
 
The only time I open carry is in the back country unless I'm on a SAR mission (where we're *advised* to conceal).
 
There is no way I would OC around southern california. However, I would do it on the rare occasion me and my friends go up into the mid-state area or NorCal wooded area.

That's about it other than private property
 
I live in a CC/OC state but only time I will OC is when hunting. For 26 years I have CC and will keep it that way. No use advertising the fact that a firearm is on me.
 
If I'm carrying for self-protection, concealment has the advantage. Concealment itself is a form of weapon retention, and if nobody's aware that I'm armed, I have the option of avoiding or disengaging from situations where violence may be brewing.

Carrying openly adds an element of risk back into an equation meant to reduce risk.
 
My state doesn't allow any...yet. That said, I'm an LEO, so I get too, and most of the time not on duty, it's CC, but without worry about printing or anything. I have OC'd off duty a few times, and only once did I ever hear anything. A little girl at a local steakhouse pointed at me and said, in a fairly hushed voice," mommy, he has a gun". The mom smiled at me and told her daughter, " it's alright, he's probably a police officer. I wish your daddy and I could carry ours". I agreed with mommy. Otherwise, as most who OC have mentioned, it's never been really noticed, or mentioned to me.

And the argument about concealment as a tactical advantage is valid, but so is the speed of OC. As far as getting singled out, one can also argue OC is preventative, most criminals I've arrested don't go after hard targets like guard dogs, they go after the sheep. In short, both ways are good, if done right, both have pros and cons, what we need is more folks doing it either way, and doing it responsibly.
 
In a ideal situation id CC 85% and OC 15% .
As it is here now even though "they say" OC is legal many municipalities will hassle or arrest you for it. IF it wasnt for that I would OC on some occasions... When I am at the hunting lease and we run a couple of miles up the road for lunch I would leave it holstered. Now I just remove it from the holster and leave it in the truck when We go inside to eat.
 
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