An OC observation.

[GONZO!!!]

I have always CC'd...recently, thanks to another website, I have been testing the waters of liberty and OCing...I DO get looks ...HOWEVER...when I OC during the day, I am alwas dressed in a dress shirt, tie and dress slacks...so I assume that most people take me for LEO/Detective. I never get a sideways glance. This has workd in my favor because it has helped to increase my confidence in OCing AND since I am pretty friendly wth staff at any store and will call them by their name if they have a tag on, people know me by sight and accept me carrying.

I am ALWAYS very concious about how I carry and where. If I think I may be received negatively, or there i ny obt in my mind, I CC. I always have an IWB and an OWB holster in my vehicle and can switch out...I WILL NOT be wthout my cocked nad locked 1911 if I can help it.

It does make me wonder though ...how would I be treated ..IF...I showed up wth ratty baggy shorts pulled low under my butt cheeks, dirty tank top and flip flops...


GONZO!!!

 

[zebov]

I'm going to go against the consensus and say that the reason you get stares with the Serpa is because people don't really know what it is. Everyone knows what a leather holster looks like. If you've never seen a Serpa before, it is an interesting contraption and would take a second or two to figure out what was going on.

John Q. Public looking at a leather holstered gun says, "Oh he has a gun." Mr. Public looking at the Serpa holstered gun says, "What in the world is that crazy contraption?" Then stares a little bit to figure it out.