Thread: How many people CCW here?

That is one thing that is different here. Open Carry is legal in MO and you technically can carry a gun in an exposed holster. However.....

I was discussing this with one of our local officers a few years ago. Here was his response.
He basically agreed that it was legal to open carry but he ask me not to as a favor to them. He said what happens is some little old lady or young college kid sees a guy with a gun strapped to his hip and they call the police. The officers have to check it out if for no other reason than to make sure you are legal to own the gun. If everything is on the up and up they hand you your gun back and your on your way. But it has wasted their time your time and made a few non gun culture townsfolk uncomfortable. He ask me as a favor to them to get my CCW and pack it under my clothes.

In rural areas its not a problem to open carry here and In Washington Co where I grew up its not uncommon to see a guy with a revolver on his belt and nobody thinks anything about it (well as long as he isn't walking to the bank). In town though, there are more people who are made nervous by that kind of behavior.

Ray