Open carry Texas

[PR3D4TOR]

AK-fyra? or whatever you guys call it over there. Very nice battle rifle.

[Zimme83]

The big difference between US and most Eurpean countries is the types of weapons people own. Here its mainly funting rifles, hand guns are only allowed for competition and even then its hard to get a licence.
Home guard members in most countries keep their weapon at home so a lot of European countries has more assault rifles in private possession than the US. But people dont carry guns unless they are hunting or on a military excersise. Bringing a rifle to the grocery store isnt about safety imo (If I were a bad guy i would shoot the guy with a rifle first) and im not really sure that everyone that carries a gun know hows to use it in a dangerous situation so he will prob be as dangerous as the bad guy he trying to hit.

[Zimme83]

AK-fyra? or whatever you guys call it over there. Very nice battle rifle.

Automatkarbin 4. correct.

[PR3D4TOR]

Bringing a rifle to the grocery store isnt about safety imo

You're right. It's about the right, the freedom to do so. And unless you live at the store, it could be about safety/security/hunting/target practice or a hundred other perfectly legal activities at another location after you leave the store. For example you're in the store buying soft drinks and snacks on your way to the gun range, and you're not comfortable leaving the gun unattended in the parking lot.

[Lusche]

The big difference between US and most Eurpean countries is the types of weapons people own. Here its mainly funting rifles, hand guns are only allowed for competition and even then its hard to get a licence.

Just to amaze my American friends:

In my lifetime, I have never seen or heard any firearm being fired. I never had my hands on any, either. In my youth, I was member of a Schützenverein but we used air guns exclusively 
I never have seen anyone carrying a gun in public except for uniformed police and Cash-in-transit employees. I once knew someone having a license to own some historical black powder weapons, but other than that I never knew of anyone else owning any firearms at all.

That's the strange world I'm living in 

[Zimme83]

Here it´s the opposite, there are weapons in most households and during the hunting season frequently seen. But no one carries it just for fun, and absloutley never ever carrying a loaded weapon unless u are going to use it.

[Skuzzy]

Does not amaze me at all Lusche. 

I have never owned a firearm as an adult.  I have fired many rounds, when I was growing up, but guns have never held an interest for me.

I do not begrudge anyone owning them.  I really am quite neutral on the whole gun thing.

That said, I would not allow anyone in my home carrying a gun.  I would hope they would respect that.

[PR3D4TOR]

Just to amaze my American friends:

In my lifetime, I have never seen or heard any firearm being fired. I never had my hands on any, either. In my youth, I was member of a Schützenverein but we used air guns exclusively 
I never have seen anyone carrying a gun in public except for uniformed police and Cash-in-transit employees. I once knew someone having a license to own some historical black powder weapons, but other than that I never knew of anyone else owning any firearms at all.

That's the strange world I'm living in 

While that's an interesting cultural observation, would you be scared if you met a person having a shotgun slung over the shoulder while shopping? Obviously you'd take notice of it, but would it bother you, or would you just assume the person is going hunting or some other legal activity?

[DmonSlyr]

Just to amaze my American friends:

In my lifetime, I have never seen or heard any firearm being fired. I never had my hands on any, either. In my youth, I was member of a Schützenverein but we used air guns exclusively 
I never have seen anyone carrying a gun in public except for uniformed police and Cash-in-transit employees. I once knew someone having a license to own some historical black powder weapons, but other than that I never knew of anyone else owning any firearms at all.

That's the strange world I'm living in 

Wow, it is amazing how powerful it feels to fire a gun. Just saying.

I never was around guns often until my last roommate. He was a conspiritor and thought the world was out to get em.
I learned about and shot quite a few guns. Was a great learning experience. I'll get one in the future for safety in my house but prob won't carry one.

[WWhiskey]

Growing up in pheasant country, I've been around guns all my life, I've hunted with 100 people or more at a time,
 I've had to teach a quick course in fire arm safety to folks like Lusche,  no problem tho
 it's not a big deal for me,, I can tell if someone is getting it or not within a few minutes, I've refused a few hunts because of unsafe newbs, but I was more scared being around basic training recruits and guns than total strangers on hunts! 
Growing up, I rode the school bus home in the evening, I was the last stop, the bus driver would bring his shotgun with him on the bus, when we got to my house, I'd take him out pheasant hunting,  when I started driving, I almost always had a rifle or shotgun in the back window of my pickup.  The first time I got sprayed by buckshot was by the high school football coach!
I lived in a different world, I loved every minute of it!

[Lusche]

Obviously you'd take notice of it, but would it bother you, or would you just assume the person is going hunting or some other legal activity?

I think I would insantly assume this being a kind of paintball or pneumatic (CO2) 'toy' weapon, and that Lady being really nuts to carry it that way - which would be not only unusual, but also illegal.
And there is no way anyone would be allowed to carry a real gun that way over here, even if he (or she) had the right to own one, like hunters.

A hunter is only allowed to transport his gun(s) in a locked trunk, with ammo being seperate until he reached the area where he's allowed to hunt in.


So obviously, someone walking into a store like this, or just walking around in public, is most likely to get into a lot of trouble over here 

[Zimme83]

Agree, the result would be that the police had arrested u and u will loose all guns and licences. (plus atleast a fine).

[PR3D4TOR]

Sounds overly restrictive, but hey... It's not my country.

I know a lot of Europeans look at American gun culture kinda like this:



And sometimes that's fair, but most of the time it's not.

[guncrasher]

While that's an interesting cultural observation, would you be scared if you met a person having a shotgun slung over the shoulder while shopping? Obviously you'd take notice of it, but would it bother you, or would you just assume the person is going hunting or some other legal activity?


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I would be scared that the child could reach and pull the trigger.   remember the mother that git killed with her own gun at the store.


semp

[Volron]

I would be scared that the child could reach and pull the trigger.   remember the mother that git killed with her own gun at the store.


semp

I remember that.