The only time I've ever "open carried" is while hiking in the mountains. You still draw "looks" from some of the other folks on the trail, but others will glance at it and give you the "head nod of approval".
Agree, feel free to laugh now.
I kind of have an urge to get an ivory handled revolver with some nice engraving on it so I can open carry with a western style holster......... Just to see what people say. Maybe a nice black Stetson to go with it. Wish I could still wear cowboy boots. People need to take a trip up to West Glacier and walk around a little bit with some of the locals. Just about everybody who spends any time off the pavement open carries. I've seen some loggers out there carrying MONSTER revolvers on their hip that I don't think I could shoot without dislocating my thumb.
I carry a Glock19 daily without printing and even if it does print I could care less
The whole point of concealment is that it is hidden. If your gun is showing through your clothing, you've announced to the world that you're carrying which is the opposite of what you want to do. On your second point, maybe move away from the skinny jeans. No one wants to see nor hear about your filthy member
Grizzlies = the need for a quickly accessible monster revolver. Hat tip to the loggers for including that as part of their daily equipment.
The one time I hiked in the Bob Marshall Wilderness I carried a borrowed .44 Magnum S&W. That's been over 20 years ago but I still remember that. That's a load when you get to altitude. The bear spray as the first deterrent was even heavier. I've had that gun along on other trips to Yellowstone but never really felt the need to take it out of the pack as we didn't do much backcountry hiking and every trail we were on was pretty wide open with lots of people. I really haven't been much in to handguns until recently and unfortunately the only places I feel like a may need one ban them. Ironic isn't it?
I'm pretty sure that during the reign of Lord Clinton that you couldn't even have a firearm in your car in the National Park system. It's been too long since I've hiked in the Tetons or Yellowstone but I'm afraid my aching joints tell me those days are in the rear view mirror.
Well there were videos of people handing out dozens of semi-auto rifles out of the trunk of a car in the "autonomous zone". There's been news stories of black "militias" and BLM protestors marching with AR style rifles as well. I hate using AR to describe the arm but that unfortunately is the way it rolls these days. Lots of people who weren't Trump supporters have been buying guns.
I'm a life NRA member and I seem to recall that you're automatically covered through them as a member. I guess I've never worried about it other than to carry a personal umbrella liability policy.
True story. After 9-11 our old scout leader met 2 van loads of our boy scout troop at Mt Rushmore as they were doing the flag ceremony at Mt. Rushmore during the lighting ceremony at sunset. AWESOME! Anyway he went to park in the lot and they were searching cars. They asked him if he had any guns in his vehicle. His response well yeah probably. He had 13 loaded firearms in his Suburban.....dressed in his Boy Scout leader full Class A uniform. They found several stashed in places that he had forgotten about. They held on to them until he left. He thanked them for finding a couple of them. He said "I wondered what had happened to those".RollingLaugh
I gotta wonder if the govt is gobbling it up and/or suppressing production/distribution to commercial outlets.
All true, but they're permitted specifically FOR self-defense only purposes in National Parks. I had a nice chat with a Park Ranger on this very topic in Glacier NP about 18 months ago. They're not allowed in Federal Park buildings, but permitted in the wilderness where the critters that might wanna do you harm live. That seems like a fair trade-off to me.
I really don't think so. I think private citizens are doing it. Man I mean you can put a lot of ammo through a semi-auto rifle pretty quickly. A large magazine doesn't last long when you're target shooting.
If you ever get near northeast Nebraska you can shoot at my place.... Neighbors are used to gunshots. A neighbor a mile to the east has a 1200 yard range in a protected draw below his house.
Before the 2016 election a friend with a gun shop had a partner who was having some health issues and mistakenly duplicate ordered a bunch of ARs. They ended losing several hundred dollars a gun on those.
