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"Yeah, It's Loaded"
The national "open carry" movement, in which gun owners openly—and legally—carry guns in public, began in Virginia a decade ago. Meet three women who aren't bashful about it. By Michael Gaynor, Eli Meir Kaplan
Comments () | Published February 22, 2011

Carrie Moats, Ashburn 

Carrie Moats of Ashburn goes by the name Open Carrie on Internet forums: “I don’t carry every day. When I’m walking my dog, especially at night, I have my gun with me. The most common reaction I get is ‘Are you off-duty?’ People think I’m a police officer.”
 

Moats, shown shopping at a Target in Sterling, says: “My first gun was a .380, but it kept jamming.” She now carries a 9mm Glock 19. Moats calls herself politically independent: “I’m not right or left wing. The people who want more gun control don’t understand that it just hurts people like me, a law-abiding citizen.” 

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  • SPOOKY

    Like your father, I was SF 5th Grp light weapons and demo. Great to see you are a responsible carry lady. Keep up the exposure, we need a lot more like you. Tell your dad DE OPPRESSO LIBER for me.

  • DamonK

    I think that this is great. It really is time for us responsible conservitives to start making ourselves seen and heard. Good stuff!

  • mong00se

    And safe handling of those guns is paramount. Note the open chambers, detached magazines and tie-locked weapons. Teach your children well!

    I, too, was raised in New Jersey, where you had to be fingerprinted just to be able to buy a long gun or shotgun for hunting and recreational shooting (I still carry that permit). And New York? Don't even get me started on Bloombergs Follies!

  • mong00se

    That's what I like to see - a LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN carrying a gun. Conversely, the THUGS don't like to see that!

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