The biggest gun rights wins and losses of 2014
As we wrap up 2014’s publishing season, we’re looking back at some of the guns, events, and other things that made this such an interesting year. We...
Tag: Open Carry
Open carry advocate has gun stolen
An active open carrier had his gun stolen last night in Oregon. There are some really juicy bits in this story, which I’ll pluck for your amusement. Willi...
Racist Open Carry in Ohio is not a Bloomberg False Flag
Over the weekend, this video of some Open Carry scumbags in Ohio went viral (for gun community levels of virality): I originally saw it at Bearing Arms, which n...
5 things I learned from Open Carry
I spent the last two weeks open carrying as part of my OC Experiment. I wanted to get a first hand feel for what OC was really all about, and why people would c...
The Open Carry Experience Part 7: Why OC?
As I’ve been open carrying for these articles, I’ve been forced to ask the question over and over again. Why Open Carry at all? I touched on this in...
The Open Carry Experience Part 6: Hearts and minds (and laserbeams)
You know what the most common argument I hear from pro Open Carry people? “We’re desensitize and educating the public!” Then last night, someo...
The Open Carry Experience, Part 5: Comfort and concealment
I have to say one thing for open carry – it’s a lot easier to carry a full size pistol openly than it is to conceal it. But is that comfort really w...
The Open Carry Experience Part 4: Our own worst enemy
Cracked has an article about Open Carry Texas. I agree with the general points made in the article, and it illustrates the biggest problem I have with Open Carr...
The Open Carry Experience Part 3: Mindset
This is the third installment in our series on Open Carry. Here are the previous installments: Part 1, Part 2. I went grocery shopping yesterday. The actual exp...
Open carry gear: Safariland ALS holster with Colt 1911
For the OC experiment, I wanted to practice what I preach. That means a proper retention holster. Yesterday, I wore a Galco M4, which was a pretty good choice, ...