Open Carry Texas members frighten restaurant employees – who hid in a locked freezer

[hollowdweller]

66. I would prefer concealed carry

I am a gun owner and don't have a concealed carry permit and don't carry in the open because to be honest I feel safe.

But when I see people carrying guns openly it makes me nervous. Also I think because that person is in a store or some other public place displaying their fire power I think it sort of ruins the atmosphere. It lends a seriousness to it, like this supermarket is a dangerous place because somebody has to packheat. I just don't like it.

I don't think people carrying guns open or closed in the short run does anything one way or the other far as gun deaths or safety. These people are just insecure and I think carrying open makes people nervous.

Now the open carry people would say that's the idea, that a person carrying a gun to the store or in public should be normal.

I don't want it to be normal. If I see some dude toting an pistol or rifle in public I want to be able to know they are a mass shooter and get the hell out. From a tactical perspective not being able to know who is a bad guy with a gun and a good guy is life saving at times, and open carry makes it harder.

Now the open carry people would say you are safer with the open carry guys because IF one guy is a mass shooter then they can take him out. I don't buy it. IMO if there is a mass shooter and a bunch of people are carrying guns around him that must means bullets are going to be flying from more than one direction and it will be harder to find a safe place.

So I guess what I'm saying is although I don't buy into a lot of the anti gun stuff here, I think open carry ruins the vibe of a place and I don't feel it makes me either more or less safe, just makes some paranoid person feel safer or gives some guy who wants to be in your face his jollies.