Some Shortcomings of Open Carry [More]
He makes some good points.
So do some of his critics. The angry and rude hostility that comes out in some of the responses though, when people believe they are anonymous and therefore not accountable, makes me wonder how many behave like that face-to-face.
For the record: I have written to Mike DeWine and the two governors before him in my state, Ohio, to get the “Only Ones” trained to stop threatening and assaulting open carriers. But I don’t personally open carry for the same reason I won’t rack a shotgun slide to “scare away” an intruder.
I too, would not rack a slide as a warning. My round would already be chambered. I would stand quietly in the dark watching for the perp to actually do something that authorizes use of deadly force. In Texas, that’s quite an easy line to cross. If they did, the perp would never know what hit him. I’m not out to scare people or teach any lessons. I’m on pest control.