[Yo-Yo]

I'm sorry, but in my opinion the first couple is wrong. I would never open carry in a public space with a holster that didn't have positive retention. You're just asking to have your gun stolen from you. At home, on your own property, or at the range, fine. But I'd never use a Remora holster or a Kydex OWB holster in public.

This happened in Arizona on April 30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs0I6B3n1Nc

Now the second gentleman appears to be using a Safariland ALS holster, and that has a positive locking system that prevents the gun from being removed from the holster unless the unlocking lever is pressed. This prevents the sudden snatch and grab of the weapon from the uninformed who don't know how the holster works.

This is why uniformed police officers only use positive retention holsters.

[marktwain]

I agree that in a crowded environment, a retention holster is a good idea.

As for the Arizona incident, it was likely a concealed carry failure.

It is likely that the gun stolen out of the back pocked was supposed to be concealed, but the concealed carrier was simply unaware that it was exposed.

Open carriers almost never pocket carry; concealed carriers routinely do so.

This is based on the experience of seeing hundreds of both types, and talking to hundreds of concealed carriers. I do not recall ever seeing someone deliberately openly pocket carry, but I have talked to dozens that deliberately pocket carry concealed.