So far no other candidates have taken me up on my offer to open carry as a candidates-only demonstration. Not much support out there apparently – a local NRA leader's comment elsewhere that "open carry is foolish" was deleted right after i responded with invitation to join debate on this page. I think a lot of the folks that DO still have a permit do not actually use it very much. They do not live it every day like someone dedicated to the Second Amendment. They do not realize how "foolish" and impractical concealed carry can be on hot days, days with variable temperature, office environments–basically situations that demand changing the way you carry in different locales due to temperature or concern about "printing". Not a problem if you only carry on occasional evenings out, but a real inconvenience if you carry all the time, which i did for five years until the ccw i used to protect my wife and daughter was taken by the current sheriff. I just don't understand how OC can be called "foolish" when CC is not possible (no permit) and every day millions of "foolish" police choose to open carry, especially when we are just talking about a demonstration by candidates showing concrete support for the Constitution IN AN ELECTION WHERE ONLY REPUBLICANS CAN VOTE. With the school zone prohibition OC has very limited utility outside demonstration (not to minimize importance of demo) but can often make sense as a convenience around your immediate neighborhood, and for folks that enter and leave the house frequently it may even encourage you to carry more INSIDE the house (you will never make it to the safe in time, so you'd better carry in a way that is convenient).

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