Hello from Michigan

View · by **kztom** on Fri Jun 06, 2014 2:24 pm

Hello,
Long time lurker ex North Minneapolis resident here. I figured it was time to do the introduction.
I am a daily carrier here in Mi. and when in Wi. or Mn. The majority of the time I carry openly and Proudly. I use the forum to help keep me up to date with Law and changes (I don't solely rely on this).
Spent time in the Military, I've worked alongside different agents/agencies after moving out of state.
I have last year finally gotten a friend who lives in Golden Valley to get his Pistol Permit, he still is not a daily carrier but he will carry while visiting friends closer to the Mississippi River :shock:

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Lumpy, loved reading the updates from the 4th!

Anyway,
Tom C.

View · by **ex-LT** on Fri Jun 06, 2014 2:35 pm

Welcome aboard.
Thank you for service. :salute:

Above all, congratulations on escaping the North Star State of Taxes.

View · by **Thunderjohn** on Fri Jun 06, 2014 4:49 pm

Thank you for your service & welcome!

View · by **cobb** on Fri Jun 06, 2014 5:08 pm

Welcome.

View · by **kztom** on Sat Jun 07, 2014 8:23 pm

Thank you all for your welcomes. As I sated in my intro I am a strong OC supporter and I have unfortunately not made friends here. I will though stop mentioning OC as it appears to be something that isn't discussed too much here. Is there another forum or even a specific sub forum here where OC is discussed more?

Thanks again,
Tom

View · by **gunsmith** on Sun Jun 08, 2014 3:18 am

I like Defensive carry .com and Glock talk for a wider gamut of opinion.

http://www.defensivecarry.com/forum/forum.php

http://glocktalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=256

Glock talk has a feature called GATE ....go ask the expert...you'll find Massad Ayoob at the link.

View · by **kztom** on Sun Jun 08, 2014 8:47 am

Thanks Gunsmith, but I was more interested in a more Minnesota OC specific forum.

View · by **bstrawse** on Sun Jun 08, 2014 1:15 pm

kztom wrote:Thank you all for your welcomes. As I sated in my intro I am a strong OC supporter and I have unfortunately not made friends here. I will though stop mentioning OC as it appears to be something that isn't discussed too much here. Is there another forum or even a specific sub forum here where OC is discussed more?

Thanks again,
Tom

Open Carry is certainly something that is discussed here regularly. We just happen to disagree on the open carry of a rifle as a political statement.
b

View · by **Sietch** on Sun Jun 08, 2014 1:55 pm

Welcome to the community. And thank you for your frank opinions about open carry, ill-considered as they may be

View · by **xd ED** on Sun Jun 08, 2014 3:50 pm

Spirited good faith discussions are always invigorating. It is worth mentioning the distinction between open carrying- the practice of holstering a sidearm with little or no attempt to conceal it, and carrying/ handling a rifle in public, non- shooting venues. Personally I'm not a big fan of either practice for general political statements, but the former will be more acceptable than the latter.

View · by **kztom** on Mon Jun 09, 2014 7:14 am

I do promise to play nice, I don't want to have everyone hating me. xd ED - I have read a lot of your posts in the past and I do like a lot of what you have said.I think it is good to stir the pot once in a while but my apologizes for stirring the pot WAYtoo much.

View · by **Thunderjohn** on Fri Jul 11, 2014 10:01 am

Welcome from Savage.
Thank you for your service.

View · by **ranger** on Sat Jul 12, 2014 4:58 pm

Welcome from Champlin and thank you for your service.