Xenia-
While accuracy, speed, cover, movement and power have a great deal to do with successful gun fighting, the importance of these elements are rarely fully equal. The most important is accuracy. A bullet placed on target is worth hundreds that miss. A large powerful bullet placed on target is of greater value than a smaller one in the same place. Getting the firearm into action quickly is important, but not at the total disregard of accuracy. I could go on but you get the idea.
OC is not perfect for all situations. But then neither is CC. A person must assess a lot of factors before deciding, and this assessment is done before and during any excursion. It is not unlike a lot of other factors involved in carrying a firearm. There is much to learn, and prepare for BEFORE a person assumes the responsibility of carrying ANY deadly weapon.
You have to assess your particular situation, get trained (you have started this process but it never really ends), pick a reasonable firearm for your purposes, determine a reasonable carry mode for your situation, equip your self for your needs, and in short do what is right for you. I would agree that CC is appropriate in certain circumstances. But OC is better at times as well.
If you are afraid that if someone sees your weapon and that disadvantages you in some way, by all means CC. But if you are not able to control a cover garment while drawing, this inhibits your draw, and throws the balance of elements required for self defense we are trying to achieve in favor of your opponent. If you do not have time to seek cover, or there is none, or you ability to move is limited, then the advantage you gained by concealment will actually shift, not to neutral, but to a negative.
No one is saying that OC is perfect in all situations and so everyone should carry that way. What a number of us here ARE saying is that it is not anymore negative than CC, and there is no reason for people to be critical of those that decide for their own purposes to OC rather than CC. What I find astonishing is how willing people who OC are to support BOTH modes of carry, and how closed minded CC only people are to this concept.
Why would any reasonable person simply ignore 50% of the available options for solving the personal defense question, when there is no actual evidence that other options are not at least as reasonable a choice. By the way, CC is not really CC if someone can tell you are carrying. These days a fanny pack is a dead give away, so is a jacket during a 95 degree 80% humidity day here in Virginia.
Regards
While accuracy, speed, cover, movement and power have a great deal to do with successful gun fighting, the importance of these elements are rarely fully equal. The most important is accuracy. A bullet placed on target is worth hundreds that miss. A large powerful bullet placed on target is of greater value than a smaller one in the same place. Getting the firearm into action quickly is important, but not at the total disregard of accuracy. I could go on but you get the idea.
OC is not perfect for all situations. But then neither is CC. A person must assess a lot of factors before deciding, and this assessment is done before and during any excursion. It is not unlike a lot of other factors involved in carrying a firearm. There is much to learn, and prepare for BEFORE a person assumes the responsibility of carrying ANY deadly weapon.
You have to assess your particular situation, get trained (you have started this process but it never really ends), pick a reasonable firearm for your purposes, determine a reasonable carry mode for your situation, equip your self for your needs, and in short do what is right for you. I would agree that CC is appropriate in certain circumstances. But OC is better at times as well.
If you are afraid that if someone sees your weapon and that disadvantages you in some way, by all means CC. But if you are not able to control a cover garment while drawing, this inhibits your draw, and throws the balance of elements required for self defense we are trying to achieve in favor of your opponent. If you do not have time to seek cover, or there is none, or you ability to move is limited, then the advantage you gained by concealment will actually shift, not to neutral, but to a negative.
No one is saying that OC is perfect in all situations and so everyone should carry that way. What a number of us here ARE saying is that it is not anymore negative than CC, and there is no reason for people to be critical of those that decide for their own purposes to OC rather than CC. What I find astonishing is how willing people who OC are to support BOTH modes of carry, and how closed minded CC only people are to this concept.
Why would any reasonable person simply ignore 50% of the available options for solving the personal defense question, when there is no actual evidence that other options are not at least as reasonable a choice. By the way, CC is not really CC if someone can tell you are carrying. These days a fanny pack is a dead give away, so is a jacket during a 95 degree 80% humidity day here in Virginia.
Regards