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Originally Posted by Tishabet
This is an interesting subject... my parents live in Utah and I believe my dad could open carry there. FWIW, the only pistols he owns are target pistols in .22LR 
So if I knew you well and met you on the street in AZ and expressed interest in your open carry weapon, would you be in trouble if you took it out of the holster to show it to me? |
Funny you mention that. The only time I was ever asked about my sidearm while open caryring was by a guy from UT, who told me he had never seen such a thing. It was at a McDonald's in Camp Verde, AZ. Open carry in UT has some restrictions unless you also have a UT CCW, which I do. If you don't, the law says the gun must be two steps from firing, which means no round in the chamber if a semi-auto and no round in the cylinder fire position in a wheel gun. In UT you can carry in a restaurant that serves alcohol as long as you're not drinking. In Virginia you can OPEN carry in a place that serves alcohol, but not CCW. I wish they'd get all this stuff standardized.
I would never unholster a gun to show a stranger in public. I've done it before, but only with people I knew well. Jordi and I did this in a restaurant parking lot in Vegas once and it's probably a non-issue in gun store/range parking lots. But doing that for a stranger is insane. You could be disarming yourself or getting set up for something.