Did cowboys open carry?

[Zayne85]

The main argument I hear against open carry is someone will take your gun..

Since its basically unheard of in modern times anyone know if "cowboys" or our "ancestors" used to have their guns taken from them? Were they worried about this issue as well???

Any accounts of people having their guns taken from them?

[nick]

This and other such arguments are generally made by the people, whose expertise in all things guns comes from not wanting to learn anything about these icky, disgusting objects. Consider it accordingly.

[jeffrice6]

This and other such arguments are generally made by the people, whose expertise in all things guns comes from not wanting to learn anything about these icky, disgusting objects. Consider it accordingly.

This! And I'm sure, throughout time our forefathers both open carried (speed of access) and concealed (well, for concealment) carried. Don't buy into the anti propaganda as truth

[Bert Gamble]

This! And I'm sure, throughout time our forefathers both open carried (speed of access) and concealed (well, for concealment) carried. Don't buy into the anti propaganda as truth

It is a lot more than anti gun people who hate open carry and say your gun will be taken. There are quite a few right here.

[Garv]

This ain't Dodge City and you ain't Bill Hickok.

[baranski]

This! And I'm sure, throughout time our forefathers both open carried (speed of access) and concealed (well, for concealment) carried. Don't buy into the anti propaganda as truth

In those times it may have been much more appropriate to open carry for a multitude of reasons.

[Jimi Jah]

Several towns had a no firearms policy set by the local sheriff. Everyone else packed openly in the west. Conceiled carry was done in the larger eastern cities after about 1860.

[mikenewgun87]

There is probaly firearms related robberies where both parties had firearms and the victim was still robbed.

[k1dude]

From what I understand, it was very common to open carry when out of city limits. But not as much in-town (depending on the size of the city/town and the law). Open carry was far more common in smaller rural towns and frontier towns. It also depended on whether the town had lawmen or not.

When out of city/town limits, it was de-rigueur. Not only for protection from snakes and bandits, but mountain lions, wolves, and bears. It was also used for signalling, hunting, and putting down injured stock.

Many couldn't afford a handgun, so they carried their rifles or shotguns everywhere. IIRC, only the rich could afford derringers or pocket guns. So concealed carry was far less common.

When everyone was armed, getting the "drop" was important. Ambush strategy was used. Whomever had their gun out first was typically in the drivers seat.

From what I understand, farmers typically didn't wear a sidearm because it would interfere with their tasks. Ranchers were more likely to wear a sidearm when in the saddle.

When my father was growing up on a farm in the Midwest in the 20's and 30's, wearing a sidearm wasn't uncommon, but most people didn't. His good friend that grew up on a ranch in the West in the 00's and 10's, said that almost everyone wore a sidearm, even in town.

[Ronin2]

John Wayne and Clint Eastwood did! nuff said......

[jeffrice6]

Not so very long ago (in the greater sac area) my pop's buddy used to ride his bike to school in Folsom, across the handlebars rode a long gun for that day's hunt........ Simple, an American boy hunting the fields after school. How the times have changed!

[The War Wagon]

The main argument I hear against open carry is someone will take your gun..

Since its basically unheard of in modern times anyone know if "cowboys" or our "ancestors" used to have their guns taken from them? Were they worried about this issue as well???

This and other such arguments are generally made by the people, whose expertise in all things guns comes from not wanting to learn anything about these icky, disgusting objects. Consider it accordingly.

This is about the dumbest argument I've ever heard, and ALL anti's are mouth-breathing, sub-40 IQ, troglodytes.

If you'd STARTED to reach for a man's gun - WHILE it was on him - you'd of been dead before you ever touched it. People weren't into 'niceties' 130 years ago, & they SURE as shiite didn't cotton to hysterical, numbtarded, ideas like, 'gun control.'

[SonofWWIIDI]

The main argument I hear against open carry is someone will take your gun..

Since its basically unheard of in modern times anyone know if "cowboys" or our "ancestors" used to have their guns taken from them? Were they worried about this issue as well???

Any accounts of people having their guns taken from them?

Umm, open carry is only unheard of a small group of states.


This is from late 2014.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-NB-1715

[erik_26]

There was a guy in Oregon recently, within the last 1 year, I believe, that was opening carrying his new Sig. Another guy with a gun robbed him of his gun on the city sidewalk in daylight.

So it can and does happen.

http://www.kptv.com/story/26729956/man-openly-carrying-new-gun-in-gresham-robbed-by-armed-man

[Legasat]

This ain't Dodge City and you ain't Bill Hickok.

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