How many days have you been in El Paso since open carry was legalized on January 1? That's only five days,sir.
As of November 6, 2015, Alaska, Arizona,Arkansas, Kansas, Maine, Vermont and Wyoming are constitutional carry states which do not require a permit for open or concealed carry for residents. Hopefully,Texas will join them in the near future.
You don't see folks packing open in Wyoming but you better consider allot of people are and conduct yourself accordingly, the problem is meth and alcohol are rampant around here combined with a false sense of security from a gun.
I'm not saying guns are bad ok?
I have my share of them.
Last week we had a drunk couple that got into an argument and he called her names and she fetched the 9mm from under the mattress and shot him in the chest.
She's up for attempted murder and child endangerment and all types of cute shit!
Most folks here who are packing have nothing but a rudimentary training gained from shooting at cans and such. and have no sense about what a shooting situation actually is?
These people are scary and should never be allowed to own a fire arm because their lifestyle combined with no training make them as dangerous as any criminal.
They only have a gun out of paranoia and it gives them a false sense of security.
Do not get into an argument with anyone here, do not flip someone a bird in a traffic situation, If someone gets a little to close when your riding just pull the hell over and let them go their way without any reaction whatsoever.
if in involved in an accident keep yourself absolutely calm, I had two people hit my trike from behind last summer with me on it. One was a young woman with an older guy and I could see the bulge under his sweatshirt and his attitude was confrontational, He lost the bulge when the cops got there. The other was a woman in her 60's and her attitude was highly confrontational, These attitudes when they knew it was their fault were produced by people who are way to over confident in their supposed ability to force a situation to their liking.
These are things you have to look forward too when everyone may be packing, so prepare yourself to be forced to live a kinder more gentle existence and take abuse from people you normally would not take any shit from.
If you think you are defending yourself you better think twice before justifying a shooting because you will need solid proof.
The cops are paranoid and suspicious of everyone they pull over and you better make yourself a non-threat in one hell of a hurry. Stay on your bike and put your hands behind your head?
In short You need to sharpen your skills at judging people in every situation, What is their physical condition? ( drugs or alcohol?).
If their belligerence exceeds their physical ability's to back up their mouths there is a reason for it!
If someone provokes you consider they have a gunfighter illusion. Watch their hands, watch their eyes although some will take that as a challenge? If they are nasty little trolls (male or female regardless of age) there is a reason for it!
If a woman has a purse and an attitude you can just about bet there is holster inside the bag she holds, She is scared and has a victims illusion even though you mean her no harm, she has a gun for her personal protection. ( this is both good and bad) good because she may have the ability to protect herself, bad because she may not have a clear sense of what a shooting situation is? Just as the woman I first told you about.
I have found myself walking away from more than one belligerent little shit that I normally would backhanded because attitude is not a shooting situation.
If you have short temper don't carry a gun yourself it will only change your life for the worst. You are not a gunfighter any more than they are?
Get yourself some professional training if your going to pack a heater.