[Dead Corpse]

Ok. How about setting up a few highly publicized events where open carry would be encouraged. Call them "Firearms Safety Days" or something. Set it up almost like a Art Fair with various booths for different topics relating to firearms carry, safety, history, and accessories? I'd be willing to volunteer my time to help set up and run such a thing.

This would provide an avenue for more of the public to see what all the fuss was about without scaring the poor little dears out of a years growth.

[HairOfTheDog]

I don’t know... I think the challenge of changing public attitudes to accept open carry would be an uphill one. I think arguments for more unrestricted concealed carry, opening up some of the places that are restricted now, such as college campuses, would be an easier fight to win, but we do have to be ready with good answers to the logistics ~first~, which is what I’ve been trying to do here.

[the OlLine Rebel]

You know what I find absolutely absurd? (Being in MD, big surprise.)

How is it I can have my .38 in my home and in the gun shop, but man I better be careful if I’m “transporting” it! (Generally, between the same 2!) I might get taken in for having it on my car somewhere. God help me if I say I’m going to my cousin’s with it instead of a “certified gun shop”.

I really hate nullifying laws like this.