Two OC'ers deter armed robbery

[Joe Williams]

Deterred, as in prevented without firing a shot, or even drawing their guns. According to some, when the bad guy saw them they should have been targetted to be shot first. Instead, BG left, only to be caught by a cop who chose to investigate a suspicious vehicle.

Open carry deters armed robbery in Kennesaw

 

[Jubba]

Cool, I wonder where you get a Guns Save Lives button like the waitress was wearing.

 

[lashicoN]

Awesome. My dream come true. Citizens and cops both doing their duty as Americans results in a great outcome.

I am an OC supporter, but this still doesn't mean that every time a bad guy sees a gun he is going to run away, sometimes you'll get a crazy guy who won't be deterred by anything. It is nice to finally hear a story like this, though.

 

[ATM]

I am shocked. Shocked I tell ya.



OK, maybe not.

Great article with a great outcome!

 

[varasha]

Not a huge fan of OC, but i do believe it has a purpose, and this is it. We need more stories to reinforce that not everyone is a sheep. We will defen ourselves.

 

[infidel]

Bookmarking that story. I have a feeling it may come in handy in the future

 

[groovatron]

Good article and story. I think OC has it's place. I think it would be most effective if it is widley practiced.

 

[HICKMAN]

IIMPOSSIBLE - THIS COULD NOT HAPPEN!!!

THE BAD GUYS WOULD HAVE BEEN BEHIND THEM AND SHOT THEM IN THE BACK!!

GUNS ARE TO BE CC'D ONLY!!!

oh yeah.... that feels MUCH better

 

[Bigum1969]

No matter how you slice it, this story is full of WIN!

 

[a.bentonab]

Great read!

 

[Blue Tile Spook]

I am glad that one of the officers, somewhere along the way, asked the BG's why they chose not to enter the restaurant. +1

 

[mms]

man that is awesome +1 open carry

 

[pathfinder317]

The bad thing about open carry is , that you draw too much attention to yourself , you take away the element of surprise , not too mention any LEO that sees you is going to ask for your paperwork and check you out , and taking him away from possibly doing something more productive.
And one final thought is this , if you are carrying in the open , say it is a Glock , and you exchange words with some idiot , not exactly enough for you to draw down on him , so you leave , he calls 911 , says you pulled a Glock on him , no witnesses , the responding officer is now in a bad situation , he has one guy who says you pulled a gun and low and behold you are carrying the exact gun he mentioned , if nothing else you are going to lose your gun and have to attend a review hearing for your license , but at worst case is the possibility of going to jail on top of it all.
It isn't worth the hassle to me , I'll CC and avoid the problems.

 

[LPMan59]

lolz at the fight thats about to occur

 

[Blue Tile Spook]

The bad thing about open carry is , that you draw too much attention to yourself , you take away the element of surprise , not too mention any LEO that sees you is going to ask for your paperwork and check you out , and taking him away from possibly doing something more productive.
And one final thought is this , if you are carrying in the open , say it is a Glock , and you exchange words with some idiot , not exactly enough for you to draw down on him , so you leave , he calls 911 , says you pulled a Glock on him , no witnesses , the responding officer is now in a bad situation , he has one guy who says you pulled a gun and low and behold you are carrying the exact gun he mentioned , if nothing else you are going to lose your gun and have to attend a review hearing for your license , but at worst case is the possibility of going to jail on top of it all.
It isn't worth the hassle to me , I'll CC and avoid the problems.

One word: READ.

Read the numerous threads. All of them. That should keep you busy for the next month or so.

I understand that what you wrote is your opinion, but evidently you haven't been reading past INGO threads since you want to open this can of worms up again (for anyone that has been around for a couple of months.)

Read.

 

[Joe Williams]

The bad thing about open carry is , that you draw too much attention to yourself , you take away the element of surprise , not too mention any LEO that sees you is going to ask for your paperwork and check you out , and taking him away from possibly doing something more productive.
And one final thought is this , if you are carrying in the open , say it is a Glock , and you exchange words with some idiot , not exactly enough for you to draw down on him , so you leave , he calls 911 , says you pulled a Glock on him , no witnesses , the responding officer is now in a bad situation , he has one guy who says you pulled a gun and low and behold you are carrying the exact gun he mentioned , if nothing else you are going to lose your gun and have to attend a review hearing for your license , but at worst case is the possibility of going to jail on top of it all.
It isn't worth the hassle to me , I'll CC and avoid the problems.

If you had been CC'ing in that restaurant, your problems would have included a shootout, and maybe getting killed.

Yeah... they lost the element of surprise. Fortunately, because the bad guys decided to wait until they had an easier target. In another example, a guy tried to rob a convenience store with an OC'er inside. Didn't even notice the OC'er, until the OC'er shot him dead. Still waiting for someone to provide an example of losing the "element of surprise" causing problems.

 

[infidel]

The bad thing about open carry is , that you draw too much attention to yourself , you take away the element of surprise , not too mention any LEO that sees you is going to ask for your paperwork and check you out , and taking him away from possibly doing something more productive.
And one final thought is this , if you are carrying in the open , say it is a Glock , and you exchange words with some idiot , not exactly enough for you to draw down on him , so you leave , he calls 911 , says you pulled a Glock on him , no witnesses , the responding officer is now in a bad situation , he has one guy who says you pulled a gun and low and behold you are carrying the exact gun he mentioned , if nothing else you are going to lose your gun and have to attend a review hearing for your license , but at worst case is the possibility of going to jail on top of it all.
It isn't worth the hassle to me , I'll CC and avoid the problems.

 

[pathfinder317]

I didn't realize this was a can of worms , as I am a new member here, sorry if it got someone all worked up.

 

[infidel]

I didn't realize this was a can of worms , as I am a new member here, sorry if it got someone all worked up.

Hey don't sweat it, we're all just messing with you. The topic of OC vs. CC goes back to the dark ages on here. It's more joked about than seriously discussed anymore.

 

[pathfinder317]

OC vs. CC , I don't really get it , it is still perfectly legal to open carry isn't it ?
There are times I'd like to be able to carry open , but I doubt my boss would like it too well.