[Taz's Master]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

Go onto the forums at calguns.net. Every once in a while someone tries this and ends up getting their skull thumped by local L.E. as a result, which stirs up a hornets nest. Yes, it's one of those things that is technically legal, should be legal and probably should be challenged, but the reality is it's going to bring trouble upon you.

Personally I can see NO, ZERO reason to ever carry an unloaded gun. Stupid. It's only a way of advertising that you're looking for trouble and when it finds you (which it inevitably will), you'll be just as unarmed as some poor schlub with no gun at all.

An unloaded gun is a paperweight. You might as well throw it at someone's head. In a situation where a gun would be handy (CCW), the time it takes to draw, load, chamber and unsafe can easily make the difference between making a difference and getting killed.

I guarantee you, the bad guy's gun WILL be loaded.

That's the point of conspicuously complying with the law. The public is not any safer by denying concealment permits. This illustrates the point that concealed carry permits won't endanger society. Basically open carry unloaded says: "the law already allows for gun owners to put the public in peril without safeguarding their person, permitting citizens to carry concealed will improve the safety of individuals and will not imperil society", maybe the public will get the message.