Open Carry is carrying a firearm unconcealed in Ohio. OC does not require a concealed handgun license, but the practice requires intimate knowledge of the law since there are places and situations where OC is prohibited but carrying concealed would be permitted. OC is also likely to attract attention. This forum is for discussion of OC, not for debating the pro's and con's or coordinating any type of protest events.
"Lord, make my hand fast and accurate.
Let my aim be true and my hand faster
than those who would seek to destroy me.
Grant me victory over my foes and those who wish to do harm to me and mine.
Let not my last thought be 'If I only had my gun."
And Lord, if today is truly the day you call me home
Let me die in a pile of empty brass."
Amen
U.S. Marines 01-07
~The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.~ Thomas Jefferson
bigdogrick wrote:I had a girlfriend ask that question once and my answer was and will always be, because the bad guys have guns and I like a level playing field. She is now a x-girlfriend.
She must have been a lib in disguise as YOUR gf.......... Bet your glad she is gone....
Welcome to the forums also.
Ray
Me and my
XD-9
Taurus 38
PT638 Pro-380
P-22
Sig 9 for wife
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fyrfytr310 wrote:I have only ever been accosted by other gun owners/2A supporters when OCing in my neck of the woods. If one were to casually question your reasons for carrying a firearm, how do you respond? Say for example, your neighbors 4-year old just flatly asks you, "OFCC'er, why do you have a gun?" I assume you are not going to immediately jump in to the whole 2nd Amendment/constitutionality debate but would instead use that particular scenario as a means of education. Suppose it is someone, or someone's kid, you do not know. What responses have you all come up with?
Again, this is not the contentious sidewalk debate I am referring to. I am assuming many of us have been asked out of legitimate curiosity but maybe not.
In my best W.C. Fields voice I say; Go away kid ya bother me.
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"Life is tough, its even tougher when you're stupid"- John Wayne
I would say because I can and protection. For my family and piece of mind.
OFCC member
3 seconds
Restraint when needed and action when required.
"Retreat? Hell, we're attacking in a different direction!" Major General O.P. Smith, November 1950.
Before a government can become a full-blown tyranny, the government must first disarm its citizens. The Founders of this nation, from their own experience, knew that when government goes bad, liberty evaporates and people die ... unless the people are armed. JPFO
Also being on I 90 which is a major route for New York,Illinois and New Jersey drivers to stop at the rest areas I have been asked and one of my best answers is, This is the land of the free, welcome!
OFCC member
3 seconds
Restraint when needed and action when required.
"Retreat? Hell, we're attacking in a different direction!" Major General O.P. Smith, November 1950.
Before a government can become a full-blown tyranny, the government must first disarm its citizens. The Founders of this nation, from their own experience, knew that when government goes bad, liberty evaporates and people die ... unless the people are armed. JPFO
Recently that very think happened to me. I was with my granddaughter in a park open carrying. She was playing with another little girl she met, about the same age. The little girl asked me in the sweetest, most innocent voice. "Why do you have a gun"? I told her "In case a bad man comes, I can protect us". She was fine with that answer and continued playing.
dlgeorge wrote: "In case a bad man comes, I can protect us". She was fine with that answer and continued playing.
Great answer! Thank you.
TunnelRat
"Applying the standard that is well established in our case law, we hold that the Second Amendment right is fully applicable to the States." ~ McDonald v. Chicago
When your only tools are a hammer and sickle, every problem starts to look like too much freedom.
I read one somewhere the other day that was a good reply to an adult asking that question. It went like this: Someone asked me the other day why I had a gun. My reply was: Because the whole officer is too heavy to carry. ..I loved that one..That's quick witted there
"Lord, make my hand fast and accurate.
Let my aim be true and my hand faster
than those who would seek to destroy me.
Grant me victory over my foes and those who wish to do harm to me and mine.
Let not my last thought be 'If I only had my gun."
And Lord, if today is truly the day you call me home
Let me die in a pile of empty brass."
Amen
U.S. Marines 01-07
~The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.~ Thomas Jefferson
I didn't come up with this answer , heard it from someone else but if the question is not asked right, repeat their question and rephrase it by saying.... "whats that.....why do I "carry" a gun?.......because it hasn't learned how to to walk yet!
Darrel
They say the best "Home Remedy" for "tyranny" is....."LEAD POISONING".
