Open carry is great if you’re trying to make a political statement at a rally, but the last thing gun owners who carry for self defense need is undue attention. As a kid, I opened carried all the time. How else was I supposed to get my shotgun, my .22 rifle or my BB-gun down to the area where we’d be shooting? Back then, it didn’t matter so much; but times have changed…and, in some ways, not for the better.

When I lived in Jerusalem, I saw a lot of people carrying their firearms openly. I was fine with …read more