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In reply to the discussion: Is Open Carry for whites only or would someone explain [View all]Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)When I was a deputy it was a daily thing to see people open carrying, most farmers and farm workers (aside from the migrants) did very regularly.
Regardless of race.
You may well get a different reaction in an urban area, I can't speak to that. But in rural areas nobody would look twice if a black man or white man walked into the local restaraunt to get breakfast with a pistol on his hip. He had probably already been working 3-4 hours by that point and was going to eat and talk to the rest of the farmers. And when we were there eating in uniform we just said hello if he greeted us.
Interestingly where I have seen the most hassle given to people who wanted to get a CCW and were legally qualified were urban areas, Forsyth County, Cumberland County and Durham County especially. So the reaction may be quite different there- and may be so for just minorities or for anyone.