EMT118
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I open carryWell i guess I will start this one off......lol
I open carry at times like when I get out to pump gas and go in and pay for it I also work in my yard while open carrying.
When The gang and I take the Atv's out I open carry (when its warm out)
and conceal carry when cold.
So I guess you could say I am on the fence I carry both ways and do have a CHl.
I am all for open carry and concealed carry and the reason is some places I go I don't want anyone to know I have it until I need it.
I hope this makes sense.
No LEO encounters and I hope it stays that way.
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Korupt
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would you ever o/c in a restaurant?
edit: oh, and your name implies your an EMT. I'm guessing EMT-B? ... just interested because i am in school now for EMT-P
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JSK333
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| Korupt wrote: | would you ever o/c in a restaurant?
edit: oh, and your name implies your an EMT. I'm guessing EMT-B? ... just interested because i am in school now for EMT-P |
I also open carry, and yes I have oc'ed in a restaurant, several actually:
Subway
Chinese restaurant
Taco Bell
Bob Evans
First Watch
No problems in any. Did have a few people ask me about it, however.
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Korupt
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Great to see you registered, Solomon.
I asked about restaurant open carry because that is usually the hump that people have trouble getting over. They open carry on their own property, while camping and doing outdoors activities, and at the gas station, but many have trouble OCing at restaurants and large stores, like grocery stores and department stores.
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JSK333
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I agree, larger settings can be more intimidating, but in my experience they can also make it easier.
The fact there are more people is a double-edged sword in terms of having others create a situation. On the one hand, there are more opportunities for you to be "made" and thus have an interaction, but on the other hand people are more aware of others when there are less people. So in smaller settings, people tend to notice other people more, since there are less of them. In that respect, it might even be easier to "blend in" in the large settings.
I have open carried in both settings, including:
Malls
AutoZone
Restaurants
UPS Store
Grocery stores (Biggs, Thriftway [now Kroger])
On sidewalks
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Korupt
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just curious, how often do you open carry?
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JSK333
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| Korupt wrote: | | just curious, how often do you open carry? |
Lately, not very often. It had somewhat to do with the colder weather, but also with the comfortability of those I'm with. My dad was with me when I had a run-in with security/LEOs while OC'ing in a mall (was resolved w/o incident), and fears it will happen again.
But I still do occasionally.
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EMT118
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Yes I am a emt-b I was advanced a few years back have been a emt since 1985 ran with wintersville vfd for 17 years until I was stabbed in the back by some morons oh well I guess you will have that still a emt but doing it for money now..
I have opened carry at the fort steuben mall about 6 months ago need to stop and get a drill bit after I left the range and did not have a cover jacket and I will not leave it in the truck in the parking lot ...
Been open carrying more and more ....little by little ..
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Lthrnck
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I have OC'd quite abit, Wal-mart, Office Depot, Best Buy....Krogers, Taco Bell, Bob Evans, McDonalds. Around the house, around the block... sure there's more but can't remember atm. Have had only one encounter with a LEO so.. so far so good.
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JSK333
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Forgot to mention, I've also OC'ed in four different branches of US Bank. No issues in any of them. One had an LEO in it who saw me and he didn't confront me (asked the tellers if everything was OK and they said yes).
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Lthrnck
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More Open Carry in EnglewoodI have been OC'ing just about everyday. Recent ones I haven't mentioned are The Waffle House, K-Mart, at the US Bank, Mierer's and I sure there is a place or two I still can't remember.
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Brian D.
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Lthrnck, you got me curious: Sometimes gunstores (of all places) have policies which allow concealed carry--provided the gun stays that way--but proscribe carrying a loaded gun openly, they want it brought in unloaded and cased up. Reason I thought of this is because you aren't far from Vandalia, which has at least three firearms stores, not counting a quick swing over to Gander Mountain. Have you OC'd in any of those places, and what if anything was said?
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Lthrnck
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I have OC'd in the Vandaila range, so far no problem. OC'd in Vandaila Tactical, no problem.
Went to Old English gun shop, they have a sign on the front door. Only LEO's can OC there. So I have not gone back.
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Brian D.
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As I recall Olde English welcomes concealed carry licensees, but ask that the firearm be kept concealed, right? Just curious Lthrnck, am I correct in assuming that you are a CHL holder? If so, couldn't you have just covered up, gone in, and been in compliance with their policy? Or, am I missing something here?
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Lthrnck
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Yes, Old English welcomes CHL.. Yes I do have a CHL, and Yes I could have just covered up. But it's wrong.. so I left.
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Brian D.
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| Lthrnck wrote: | | Yes, Old English welcomes CHL.. Yes I do have a CHL, and Yes I could have just covered up. But it's wrong.. so I left. |
Okay, just wanted to be sure I understood things. This would be one of those times when the two of us will have to agree to disagree; that sort of policy does not seem unreasonable to me, given some of the poor firearms "etiquette" I've observed at gun shows and stores. However I don't wish to argue the point.
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Korupt
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a gun store denying 2A rights seems unreasonable to me.
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| Korupt wrote: | | a gun store denying 2A rights seems unreasonable to me. |
I don't know. It's their right, to set the policies there, as they see fit. Stupid, perhaps, but, not unreasonable. Kinda like a clothing store, with a 'no t-shirts' sign in the window....
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