I have had a concealed carry license for over 30 years.
The only time I open carry is when hunting.
Open carry tells the bad guy who to shoot first.
I don’t advertise on my clothing, or when carrying a handgun.
Ditto.
I don’t own a firearm but support the 2A.
Open carry creeps me out. I can only imagine the impression it makes on antiguan types. It also makes one a likelier target when the SHTF.
CC seems a better idea. The bad guys don’t know who’s carrying so it may be a better deterrent that way.
I open carry when fishing or on my own property, otherwise I’m concealed with my weapon. I actually see open carry a lot in eastern Kentucky, no one pays any attention to it unless you are in blissninny land of Lexington or Louisville.
Several of our instructors have all told us the same thing.
You want to be a target?
Put that damn Glock sticker or S&W sticker on your car.
Wear that gun outside & open carry like a show-off.
You’ll be the one they take out first and all that “ooh-rah” you thought you had will bleed out of you as your life ends.
Being the gray man is always best. Always.
Maybe, but in a non-constitutional carry state, you are also opening yourself up to hassles by the police.