Posted on 11/12/2009 4:41:49 AM PST by marktwain
Dick's Sporting Goods informed GeorgiaCarry.Org that it permits lawfully carried handguns in its stores in Georgia, so long as the person carrying the handgun is abiding by state law.
This issue arose when the President of GeorgiaCarry.Org, more precisely, me, was kicked out of the Fayetteville, Georgia store because of a lawfully carried H&K USP 45 pistol.
I was carrying a holstered pistol, as is my daily habit, and wearing a GeorgiaCarry.Org T-shirt when I brought my eight year old son to the store to look at the Davey Crickett rifles that I knew to be in stock. My eager son has been pestering me for the last three years to get one, after he fired a friend's borrowed rifle under my close supervision. This year, he has started asking if Santa might overrule a an anxious mother . . .
We were stopped halfway into the store, however, by a young man who asked me to put my pistol back in my truck, as it was "policy" that the store did not permit the lawful carry of firearms. Disappointed, I informed him that I would not leave my pistol in my automobile. Privately, I had a very good reason, as the last time I had left my handguns behind, they had both been stolen by a dangerous felon with a history of aggravated assault. The guns were recovered, but after this theft, I resolved never to leave them behind in the truck again. I decided that if a location did not allow me to carry, I would not go there, making exception only for court and for the Georgia General Assembly, where I would relentlessly lobby for the elimination of "gun free zone" locations that require the risk of gun thefts from vehicles.
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CCW is the proper way to go out in public.
I’m pro choice on 2A and carry options...
Open carry and concealed carry both have advantages and disadvantages. I carry both ways as seems best.
I worked in an amusement park that featured cowboys with shootouts and the whole bit. I was walking in the park and spotted a man with a holstered pistol. I stopped him and asked him to conceal it. When he started a rant, I informed him that he was in a park where people carried and used fake guns (actually real guns with blanks). Kids will assume that a) the gun is fake and b) he works at the park. It is not uncommon for kids to skin the pistol out of an employee’s holster.
He thought about it and concealed it.
Some people are not ashamed of their guns and won’t hide them like a criminal. If CCW was so good then cops would do it.
On openly carried gun is a deterrent to crime and a faster draw.
Some people are not ashamed of their guns and won’t hide them like a criminal. If CCW was so good then cops would do it.
On openly carried gun is a deterrent to crime and a faster draw.
I like the idea of honest, law abiding citizens open carrying because it shows the population good guys have guns too.
I still think it’s a bad tactical idea. To me, it’s a “shoot me first” sign. No one is going to make a grab for your gun if they don’t know you have one. My draw isn’t that much slower in concealed as open.
Every open carry enthusiast I have encountered in Ga. has struck me as nothing but an attention whore.
And there isn’t a single plain clothesd cop that open carries.
Keep it covered and keep the bad guys guessing.
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