I've been reading the forum for a couple of months now. Very interesting. Not exactly sure how much I will OC.
A little about me.
I've Concealed Carried now for 15 years (or so) and never really thought about open carry until recently. Before that, I lived in Idaho for a few years and out there, we did open carry, but so did a BUNCH of people so it wasn't nearly as rare as it seems to be around here (Traverse City).
My work takes me all over the state (and sometimes Illinois, Indiana and Ohio) (***and, Yes, I know you can't legally carry in IL until you get a non-resident permit).
I always believed the "element of surprise argument" for CCW over OC until I read a couple of good arguments for OC. I'm not one to want to "Spread the Word" much. I still haven't OCed much around here or on the road. I do, however uncover when pumping gas at night (it's a start).
I'm a firm believer in keeping things simple. To that end, I don't have a big carry gun collection. I have 2 carry guns. A glock 27 and a Glock 22. They both work the same, look almost the same other than size and shoot the same. I only have 3 holsters that I use routinely (also to keep it simple). One is a IWB (and I can't remember which one because I bought it so long ago) and the other 2 are a brand new for OC. It's a Gould & Goodrich Gold Line paddle with thumb break for the G27 and a Galco open top belt holster for the G22 (which I'm going to replace with one with the thumb break.
I look forward to reading though back posts on the forum here.
-Mike
Traverse City
