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    Default Open Carry: Tactically sound or not?

    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?

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    Default Re: Open Carry: Tactically sound or not?

    Quote Originally Posted by jackbauer View Post
    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?

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    Default Re: Open Carry: Tactically sound or not?

    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.

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    Default Re: Open Carry: Tactically sound or not?

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

    I'm closing this thread.
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