I am not enamored of the open carry movement.

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Originally Posted by Mack Knife

I bolded the above.

Then that is called concealed carry isn't it?

I showed an example of someone getting shot because they were openly carrying a firearm. You want to qualify that they were wearing a uniform. Do you think the uniform would have made a difference if that individual got out of their car in plain clothes but openly carried a firearm? Do you think the suspect would have thought "hey, it's just an OC guy, not prob, drive on"? More than likely, the suspect would have taken a plain clothed person to be a police officer, off duty or plain clothes and shot him just the same.

OC people aren't being shot first because it is rare that an OC individual is in proximity to an active shooting and the shooter happens to see the OC individual.

What rationalization is there that a suspect with a firearm who sees an individual open carrying a firearm is going to shoot someone else first if they are intent on shooting anyone? That simply doesn't work. If that did work, then the OC individual could just stand there because the criminals aren't going to shoot them first, they shoot the old lady who happens to be standing there right?

We still get back to: if people OC'ing aren't in the immediate proximity of an active shooting, then they are unlikely to get shot first, not because of anything other than they aren't there. If they are there, someone the suspect, upon seeing a person with a gun openly carried is going to ignore that? Come on, we both know better.

The term "cover", in this context, was used as to "blend". Sorry if the context was confusing to you.