Does Open Carry Cause Problems?

[Dale]

Those who say that open carry of guns causes no problems should consider something that happened in Jacksonville, FL, last December. Deputies pulled a man over and ordered him out of the car. He had a gun in a holster. The Deputies decided that was legal. (I’m not so sure.) Still, they did not want to talk to an armed man at a traffic stop. One Deputy tried to lift the gun out of the holster. Maybe it was a tight fit, and did not come out easily. Deputy Mindy Cardwell wound up shooting driver Jason Arrington in the leg with his own gun.

We are told that Deputy Cardwell was dismissed, at least as a patrol Deputy, although she is still working part time for the Sheriff’s Department.

A source very friendly to guns warns us that “criminals do not fear guns—they seek them.” Open carry of a firearm can attract criminals who want to steal the gun.


Sources
Florida officer fired after she accidentally shot a driver with his own gun during a traffic stop
gunsamerica.com/digest/open-carry-goes-horribly-wrong

 

[Hentenza]

I live in Texas which is an open carry state. Most people don’t open carry here even though is legal. I think a lot can go wrong with an exposed, loaded weapon. I prefer to conceal carry.

 

[jacks]

I think sometimes people open carry, because they either can't or don't want to go through the process of getting a concealed weapon permit.

 

[Oompa Loompa]

Those who say that open carry of guns causes no problems should consider something that happened in Jacksonville, FL, last December. Deputies pulled a man over and ordered him out of the car. He had a gun in a holster. The Deputies decided that was legal. (I’m not so sure.) Still, they did not want to talk to an armed man at a traffic stop. One Deputy tried to lift the gun out of the holster. Maybe it was a tight fit, and did not come out easily. Deputy Mindy Cardwell wound up shooting driver Jason Arrington in the leg with his own gun.

We are told that Deputy Cardwell was dismissed, at least as a patrol Deputy, although she is still working part time for the Sheriff’s Department.

A source very friendly to guns warns us that “criminals do not fear guns—they seek them.” Open carry of a firearm can attract criminals who want to steal the gun.


Sources
Florida officer fired after she accidentally shot a driver with his own gun during a traffic stop
gunsamerica.com/digest/open-carry-goes-horribly-wrong

January 22, 2025 is now current events?

 

[jacks]

January 22, 2025 is now current events?

For those of us who are still coming to grips with the idea, the 90's happened over 30 years ago, it's current enough.

 

[Always in His Presence]

The cop shoots the legal gun owner with his own gun and it is the gun owners fault?

 

[Dale]

January 22, 2025 is now current events?

I am not posting this in News and Events. I am posting it in American Politics.