Excellent reply, thank you.

So, ONE story. The mass news media hates armed citizens and would love to show how terrible it is to carry. So you found one story supporting the theory that open carry makes a person a target. Should be plenty of others. I’d love to see how many you can post.

It will never become normalized again as long as POTG keep calling it “stupid and reckless”, prompting carriers to always conceal.

Yes, CC is optimum, and I prefer it as much as anyone. But there are times when I’ll choose (when traveling in Free America) to OC. If anyone doesn’t like it, don’t worry…you aren’t with me and never even knew I was doing it, so…

Screwing the draw motion can result in quite the ballbuster.

Haz,

I devoutly wish “open carry” WAS ‘normalized’ (it should be). But it isn’t. Even in states/places where it is legal, I don’t, because I don’t want to be hassled by some uptight, hoplophobic dumbass. Keeping it concealed just makes my life easier. Even with a good concealed carry holster, strong side hip carry is the most accessible place to have your gun (and I would argue weak side shoulder carry ranks second). But that’s a personal choice, and I try not to judge others based on my personal preferences. So, I opt for concealed carry, but if we ever succeeded in getting open carry ‘normalized’, I’d switch to it in a heartbeat.

Geoff,

Plenty of “po’ white trash” out there. Objectively, many fewer (per capita) Indian and Asian gangbangers, but there definitely are “Asian gangs” (and they are some nasty people, too). As Viktor Frankly told us, “There are two races of men in this world, but only these two—the “race” of the decent man and the “race” of the indecent man.”

It is axiomatic that crimes overwhelmingly tend to be committed by . . . people inclined to ignore private property, disrespect the rights of others, and commit violence. Now, there are some identifiable demographic/cultural trends on the frequency of such people in certain demographic groups/cultures, but . . . such people come in all colors, shapes, and sizes.

Geoff, the DeSantis Super Fly holster works great for pocket carry. They have some other pocket holsters made for cargo pockets.