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Those people are just a tad smarter. While Open carry is "cool" and allows for better clothing options, giving up the element of surprise is a big deal. I wouldnt open carry even if I had the option.

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Your so-called element of surprise is one-upped by the actual deterrent value.

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Try purple drank and some Skittles.

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Pure speculation on your part, element of surprise will always be just that and has won many a wars

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Pure speculation on your part, element of surprise will always be just that and has won many a wars

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Pure speculation on your part, element of surprise will always be just that and has won many a wars

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If anyone is "speculating" it's you.

Read and educate yourself:  

"Surprise:

Probably the most common condemnation of open carry comes from the armchair tacticians who believe it’s better to have the element of surprise in a criminal encounter. Although this was touched on in the previous paragraph about deterrence, I’ll expand on it specifically here because there are some important truths you need to consider before you lean too heavily on this false support. Surprise as a defensive tactic is often based on unrealistic or ill-thought out scenarios, and seems to exist only in the minds of concealed carry firearms proponents. The circumstance where several street toughs surround and taunt you for a while before robbing you, like in some Charles Bronson movie, is not realistic; the mugger wants to get in and out as fast as possible. In most cases you will have only seconds to realize what’s happening, make a decision, and react. Imagine you’re walking along the sidewalk when two gangsta looking teenagers suddenly appear at the corner coming in the opposite direction. You have only seconds to react if their intent was to victimize you. Do you draw your concealed firearm now or wait until there’s an actual visible threat? If they are just on their way to church and you pull a gun on them, you are the criminal and you will likely forever lose your firearms rights for such a foolish action. If you don’t draw and they pull a knife or pistol when they’re just a couple steps away, your only options are draw (if you think you can) or comply. Imagine staring at the shiny blade of a knife being held by a very nervous and violent mugger, three inches from your or your wife’s throat and having to decide whether or not you have time to draw from concealment. The element of surprise may not do you any good; in fact the only surprising thing that might happen is that your concealed carry pistol gets taken along with your wallet. The thug will later get a good chuckle with his buddies about how you brought a gun to a knife fight. The simple truth is that while surprise is a monumentally superior tactical maneuver, it is exclusively an offensive action, not a defensive one. What many internet commandos call ‘defensive surprise’ is nothing more than damage control, a last ditch effort to fight your way back out of a dangerous situation. I am not aware of any army that teaches using surprise as a defense against attack. No squad of soldiers goes on patrol with their weapons hidden so that they can ‘surprise’ the enemy should they walk into an ambush."

Source:  The Open Carry Argument

The author is a member here IRC.

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Says the guy using a fictional gunfight to support his claim.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGMdbEgJ-xk

Real enough for you?

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i don't doubt your training, but posting hollywood bs to backup a claim is.... idk.... dubious at best?

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You sound like you might be a busy-body asshole that likes to make other people business your own.

Which is worse?

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Try purple drank and some Skittles.