[Rick Lee]

I see someone open carrying about once a week. Saw a woman doing it last weekend, walking between Starbucks and Target. Saw a guy doing it yesterday at the grocery store. I was carrying concealed the whole time. These weren't high crime areas and criminals aren't the smartest bunch. But they have to know, when they see people regularly open carrying, that they (bad guys) will likely face an armed response long before anyone bothers calling the cops if they were to try to hurt someone. You can't put that into the stats, but it has to have an effect.