buggyone, to further educate you and inform you, TEXAS does not allow open carry. Can you believe that!!!!! Texas did for many years then changed their law to only allow concealed carry. There is a movement a foot to change it back to open carry but does not have a lot of political support so might not happen for a while. So I guess I can't strap on my Tex Western gear and take a chill pill, see I don't need one, but I would suggest that you take several.
Personally I don't like open carry. If you are not using the correct retention holster your firearm can be taken away from you. Just try taking a police officers pistol out of his holster, you are likely to remove his belt and pants before getting the weapon out of his holster. Besides, why would I want bad guys to know that I am armed. Best to just keep it secret, that is why its called concealed carry. Just my personal opinion, but where legal to carry open and if you decide you want to, its all right with me.
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