If possible, and while in some locations it is, how many of you would want to carry your rifle with you at all time throughout your day? To work, Wal-Mart, anywhere else you might travel. Slung over your shoulder. Not concealed. Never to be left unattended in a car or such. With you at all times.
Hypothetically if it were socially acceptable how many of you would do this?
Sometimes I would feel a lot better if I could (at times I do take it in a discrete bag). Although I live in Arizona, to my knowledge legally I could do this (but don’t due to the hassles it may/will cause on a daily basis), I am not an open carry advocate to make a statement like you see on YouTube or other media outlets causing more negative attention than anything. This is just a question if it was more socially acceptable in our society would you?
I did OC a pistol from 18 until I was 21 since legally that was the only way I could carry, but the month after I turned 21 I already had my CCW and haven’t OC’ed since.
So for myself I would say yes I would. How about you? And reasoning for your answers please
I’d do it if it were socially acceptable and there were no “Gun Free Zones” (including employers).
Hell, I’d carry a sword (or an axe) if it were socially acceptable and the only reason I wouldn’t go nude in public (were it socially acceptable and weather allowing) is because I don’t think anybody would want to see it!
Why would I? Why wouldn’t I? If you can carry a rifle instead of a handgun, you carry a rifle instead of (or in addition to) a handgun. Seems like a no brainer to me.
I did a poll several years ago asking the same question and IIRC about half the membership said they would.
For me personally, it would be based upon perceived threat / risk assessment. Having carried a rifle for weeks on end, the novelty wears off after the first couple days. I can’t imagine trying to go get lunch, do some shopping and day to day stuff with a slung rifle. It would become a pain in the ass pretty quick. Also you have to have CONSTANT muzzle control awareness. People are already pretty stupid with handguns, I hate to think how many people would get muzzle swept if every dickhead with a M70 AK went to the grocery store or sat down in a restaurant booth with his rifle.
Based upon what I typically see at gun shows it probably wouldn’t be pretty. I support open carry, but it would come with a full set of luggage.
Yes, but if / when there was a situation where it would be the most practical thing to have, I’d prefer to have the option. When they tried to whip up a Michael Brown riot near my wife’s job I brought a MP5K-pdw in a discrete case that looked like a laptop bag in addition to my SIG handgun when I picked her up from work. I’d have preferred to have slung a Colt 6945, but that wouldn’t have been a legal option.
The only reason I’d daily sling a rifle is if I lived back in Iowa and decided to walk to my “plinking spot” for a little relaxation.
I wouldn’t, I’d still CCW a pistol because carrying a rifle everywhere is a pain in the ass, even now you’d be extremely unlikely (as in most people would never use it in their entire life) to use it and in your scenario, you’d be even less likely to need it since there will be many good citizens carrying rifles to deter crime.
This is my thought. I know many of us carry when ever and where ever legal. I also do it for a living. It is work, you need to be vigilant. I would much rather the bad guy have no idea I have a weapon until it is too late for them. I do have a sneaky bag with an SBR in it and a Head tennis racket bag with another in it. Problem is I don’t much look like a tennis player
No interest. WAY too much hassle and I simply don’t live in or want to be anywhere close to areas where the threat level is high enough that it would be useful. It also marks you as the first target for any bad guys if not everyone is carrying a rifle. I’d rather spend an hour practicing handgun every single day than have to carry a rifle 12+ hours of every day.
I would rather conceal or open carry a pistol and be able to get to my SBR in the truck.
I hated it in the military, I made every effort to do it well and in my experience it isn’t always easy. Those around you who are less vigilant also make it harder for everyone else.
I could do it if the situation ever called for it again, but it isn’t something I would enjoy doing again.
