Open Carry: Tactically sound or not?

[jackbauer]

To start this off, I think that open carry is tactically un-sound. The element of suprise is given up, and you become a target for the bad guy among other things. Just my opinion. Yours?

[TonyF]

Originally Posted by jackbauer

To start this off, I think that open carry is tactically un-sound. The element of suprise is given up,

Is it? In every possible open carry scenario imaginable the element of surprise is lost?

and you become a target for the bad guy among other things.

What about the studies that have been conducted with prison inmates that found they always "read" body language prior to selecting a victim? Would someone openly carrying a firearm really be selected for victimization?

[dgg9]

My purely subjective opinion is that open carry might make you less of a target for low level riff raff, but then you become more vulnerable to the hard core 3%-ers who might have attacked you regardless, and now they see all your cards on the table.

[danp]

This topic has been discussed very heavily in other threads the largest one being here.

I'm closing this thread.