OMG! Open carry!

[MrElectric03]

Wyoming has more registered guns per capita than anywhere else in the U.S. Per every 1,000 residents there are 195.7 guns. I always liked it. I've worked all over the state, lots of mining.

[smittty]

Last time I was in Montana I saw a gentlemanly looking man on a Harley Davidson, open carrying a 1911. He stopped at the same gas station and I was probably the only one who looked!

[dwalker]

Wyoming has more registered guns per capita than anywhere else in the U.S. Per every 1,000 residents there are 195.7 guns. I always liked it. I've worked all over the state, lots of mining.

There are NO registered guns of any kind in Wyoming, except whats in the PD and other LEO or .mil inventory.

EDIT: The surveys about who owns how many guns is just complete crap. No one knows. Not even in CA. They can guess and make some ASSumptions, but thats it. In Wyoming there is no limit on how many guns a person can buy, or how they may sell them other than when buying from an FFL.
If you are a Wyoming resident and build a suppressor and engrave/stamp it "made in Wyoming", then your legal in WY. It is not at all unusual to see a suppressed SBR in the window rifle rack driving around Wyoming and no one cares at all.

Heck, the Governor of Wyoming came out to the Wyoming Governors Cup match in his ranch clothes and hung out with us shooters, watched a side match/shootoff, spending time with a bunch of guys with guns everywhere, and no security other than the off duty LEOs that were helping with the match. Not sure you will see that kind of behavior from your man Brown.

[hambam105]

No one could have snatched his gun from behind.
I was standing behind him.

There is no way the Japanese could torpedo bomb Perl Harbor.
The water is too shallow.

[ACfixer]

Last time I was in Montana I saw a gentlemanly looking man on a Harley Davidson, open carrying a 1911. He stopped at the same gas station and I was probably the only one who looked!

I saw him too.

[hambam105]

Hey Maw, look what I found on the 210 at Eye-Five today!

[Duke]

the only time i seen some body open carry in california was back in 2013 driving on the 15 fwy North passing ammo bros in ontario. Dude, was on a motorcycle -- it was pretty cool to see at the time!

[GlockN'Roll]

Type of holster?

It does kinda bug me when I see OCers wearing the fashionable friction-fit or plastic snap-in holsters.

With those, it's all too easy to snatch a gun before the wearer even knows there's someone behind them.

Carry responsibly.

Good point...

[JCHavasu]

Good point...

Wow, great example of why you should pay attention to your surroundings. Also another reason I am not a fan of open carry unless that is the only option.

[MurdaJ]

Spoken like a Komrade from Kommifornia..

Ever tried it?

I typically wear a leather belt slide with a snap, but have worn Bladetech, LAG, and Safariland kydex. Never felt particularly at-risk, although I did switch to using mostly Safariland ALS or GLS holsters when open carry. Turns out when you wear a gun driving around in a car all day it can work loose in the holster and can find its way out.

All to easy for some methhead sheet-head to approach from behind and stick a Home Depot $12.99 insulation knife between your ribs, OC or no OC.

What did Clint Smith say? 'You can have my gun but you get the bullets first'. Snatch your gun...sheet...snatch this.

Good point...

Yup, concealed wins in urban environment. Open carry is better in the countryside

[MurdaJ]

I saw him too.

In az, you see more motorcyclists riding with guns than helmets

[dwalker]

Wow, great example of why you should pay attention to your surroundings. Also another reason I am not a fan of open carry unless that is the only option.

Good example of not keeping a gun in your back pocket lol, but that has nothing to do with open carry...

[MurdaJ]

Good example of not keeping a gun in your back pocket lol, but that has nothing to do with open carry...

Gun was visible, he became target

Open carry = gun visible, you become target

[dwalker]

Gun was visible, he became target

Open carry = gun visible, you become target

Spoken like someone who has never open carried. I OC quite often- literally daily when I am in TN or CO, I only CC when I have to go somewhere with metal detectors- and have never been a target of anything. MOF I know a lot of people who OC pretty much daily and they have never been a target either.

ETA: I have been guilty of carrying in my front pocket in a pocket holster, but never the back pocket, that is just not smart. I feel the same way about people who tuck thier CCW in thier belt or waistband right over thier nuts.

[Wang Lung]

With over a year in Texas, I have only seen two people open carrying, and they were together. It really is not that common.

I spent one day in Ft. Worth last Fall and saw three in a BBQ joint.