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I carry, and have carried ever since Michigan got the CCW law. However, It ( a modest little .38 special), is in my right front pocket where no one ever sees it. Even if open carry is, or becomes legal, I would not do it inasmuch as there are too many good reasons not to do it. One reason is that I do not wish to attract attention to myself ("cowboy"?), or to make people uncomfortable.

When receiving my permit, there were close to 100 people getting their's at the same time (on that day). Given that observation, there would have to be at least a 1000 people from my county who have CCW permits. Therefore, in any given crowd in this rural county, there are likely to be one or more armed people that no one is aware of.

The people who wished to "open carry" at the referenced event were doing so as a form of political expression/protest.

And for the record, I am not a right-wing conservative nut; I am a left-wing nut who has many good reasons to own firearms.

<blockquote data-quote="dahermit" data-source="post: 112465" data-attributes="member: 459">I carry, and have carried ever since Michigan got the CCW law.&nbsp; However, It ( a modest little .38 special), is in my right front pocket where no one ever sees it.&nbsp; Even if open carry is, or becomes legal, I would not do it inasmuch as there are too many good reasons not to do it.&nbsp; One reason is that I do not wish to attract attention to myself (&quot;cowboy&quot;?), or to make people uncomfortable.&nbsp; When receiving my permit, there were close to 100 people getting their&#039;s at the same time (on that day).&nbsp; Given that observation, there would have to be at least a 1000 people from my county who have CCW permits.&nbsp; Therefore, in any given crowd in this rural county, there are likely to be one or more armed people that no one is aware of.The people who wished to &quot;open carry&quot; at the referenced event were doing so as a form of political expression/protest.And for the record, I am not a right-wing conservative nut; I am a left-wing nut who has many good reasons to own firearms.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dahermit, post: 112465, member: 459"] I carry, and have carried ever since Michigan got the CCW law. However, It ( a modest little .38 special), is in my right front pocket where no one ever sees it. Even if open carry is, or becomes legal, I would not do it inasmuch as there are too many good reasons not to do it. One reason is that I do not wish to attract attention to myself ("cowboy"?), or to make people uncomfortable. When receiving my permit, there were close to 100 people getting their's at the same time (on that day). Given that observation, there would have to be at least a 1000 people from my county who have CCW permits. Therefore, in any given crowd in this rural county, there are likely to be one or more armed people that no one is aware of. The people who wished to "open carry" at the referenced event were doing so as a form of political expression/protest. And for the record, I am not a right-wing conservative nut; I am a left-wing nut who has many good reasons to own firearms. [/QUOTE]

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