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Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Dismal Nitch, AZ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 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.
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The first week I had moved to Arizona (Sept. '10) I was in a Walgreen's drug store in the cashier's line. I looked down at the guy in front of me to see a 1911 strapped to his upper thigh. I thought, "I'm in the right place (Arizona)."
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I frequently carry concealed, also. Either a S&W M638 or a Garcia FI Model D .380.
And I have a heater in both vehicles.
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- - Don R. 1994, an excerpt from My Ass From a Hole in the Ground - A Comparative View
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