Question about open carry laws

[Proud liberal 80]

How can anyone tell if they are seeing a bad guy who wants to go on a shooting spree or some idiot who wants to show off his second amendment rights?

[Eko]

1. Here is how they do it.

[Proud liberal 80]

5. Yeah unfortunately

You are right, but the guy with the whiter skin is probably the guy who would use it as a mass shooter

[TXPaganBanker]

2. They're legal until they aren't.

It's legal to carry it, brandish it, point it at someone else, but until you release the safety and put your finger on the bang button, you're still committing a legal act (if you're Caucasian). The standard is until an officer feels threatened, or you are endangering the public safety.

[dware]

3. Uh, no.

It isn't legal to brandish it, or point it at someone else unless there is an imminent threat of great bodily harm.

Please don't spread false information.

[TXPaganBanker]

6. That's the way it seems at least.

It's what all the cosplayers with their dick replacements seem to be doing, without the police taking any action.

[Proud liberal 80]

4. That's the problem

If I was out and about and saw some dude with a gun dressed like this Michigan idiots, I would be thinking WTF, OMG this guy is about to go postal

[Historic NY]

16. Point it at me and I'll drop you.

this ain't no stand your ground BS

[Solly Mack]

7. I always assume those walking about brandishing a

firearm are a threat to public safety.

I see people dressed in their Sunday-best-go-to-NRA-rally camouflage and carrying firearms?

I don't think proud American.

I think American idiot.

[Takket]

8. call 911, leave the area, and let the police figure out the answer

that is what i would do if i ran into one of these lunatics.......

[Kaleva]

17. In Texas and other states, the police may go after you

"Question: Some organizations that are in opposition to open carry, have said that if they see someone openly carrying a handgun, they will call 911 and say that person is being aggressive and threatening people with the weapon. How will the police handle situations like this.
Answer: The police will act with caution when approaching the person, they will collect the facts, and when it is found that this person was doing nothing wrong, the investigation will be turned towards the person who made the false 911 call."

https://www.gunssavelife.com/texas-make-a-false-911-call-about-open-carry-go-to-jail/

It's a crime in many jurisdictions to make a false 911 call.

[GulfCoast66]

9. Yeah Florida. For once.

If someone is carrying open here I will call the police because they are breaking the law.

[global1]

10. How Would A Stand- Your - Ground Law Hold Up In....

this situation?

[Proud liberal 80]

11. See response 1

[global1]

12. Seriously - If A Person Felt Threatened By One Of These Gun-Toting Idiots.....

and they shot first saying they were protecting themself - invoking the 'stand-your-ground law' - would that stand-up?

[Proud liberal 80]

13. I am being serious

If it was a another white guy, then maybe.....Black or Hispanic, I doubt it...

[napi21]

14. You can't really. I believe you determine for yourself based on where you are. When I lived in

TevasI quickly found out that some people wear a sidearm like the old wild west and were just accepted.

[Proud liberal 80]

15. Yeah

I can see someone wearing a side arm and still being cautious, but not too worried....But if I saw someone dressed up in protective gear and had a big rifle then I would be scared and worried that something was about to go down