I state CCW to begin with for the simple fact that CCW is preempted. A law must allow for an employee to have the choice to arm themselves when at work. Any business that has unrestricted access to the public is a potential target for crime. Now, and correct me if I am wrong, OC is not illegal in any place you have the right to be or are in "control" of, generally speaking. If the business owner permits his employees to be armed OC (or CCW), then the local bans on OC are a non-issue inside the business. If your primary duties at your place of employment involve a great deal of outside work this may be an issue if a local ban is in effect.
This is exactly the type of situation that should not be used to illustrate the 2A cause here in Missouri. (a line from your original statement)
What is the type of situation we should use to illustrate or define the 2nd amendment cause here in Mo.? I guess for me the 2A cause would be getting us back to our original constitutions, and restoring the RIGHT "to keep and bear arms" instead of passing yet another law giving us PERMISSON to have a means of self defense. I'm a pretty simple, back to the basic. less is more type of person. There are certain things our law makers should and should not be involved with, and the method of carry is not one of them IMO.
I am a very much in support of CC. I hold Mo. and Az. permits. I am very openly in support of OC. I try to OC every chance I get for several reasons. IMHO Open Carry is a more comfortable form of carry. I personally believe it is a deterrant to criminals. I believe, that GOD forbid I ever have to use my weapon, I could do so more swiftly, accurately, safely than I could from a CC position, and to possibly educate another to their right/duty to protect themselves. Although that the last one is not a priority of mine, and I try not to stress the method. The benefits of OC outweigh the disadvantages. JMHO. It is a personal preferrance and it's "better" for me.
I carry 99% of the time, and most of the time it is concealed. Do you want to know why???? Our state law makers have taken the RIGHT away, and replaced it with a PERMISSON SLIP in some areas by preempting CC and not OC. I do not have the time to stay current on all OC legal/illegal laws (they're changing everyday) or the money to sway people or law makers towards my point of view. Therefore I have to be content with just OCing part of the time, where I absolutely know it to be legal in Mo. I have enough problems keeping up with local laws where I live, much less the laws of every place I travel. If Mo. were returned to a prempted OC state, there would not be "issues" such as in the last line of your above statement unless it were issues between employer/employee. I would probably OC the majority of the time while in Mo. The state has forced the method, so to speak.
Now some people would ask, "would I give up the privledge of CC to have preemptive law on OC?" MY answer would be, "NO!" I do not believe we should go backwards on 2A issues, like we did with the Target master fiasco in our current CC training law. I believe we should never give up, never give in, and make no concessions when it comes to our 2A rights.
So how do we find "middle ground" when it comes to 2A rights or gun laws in general? Brother, it would already be done if either of us could answer that one. But I will say there would be some, who would hate to see my collection if our rights were fully restored to my likeing and I had the money.... And I am a law abiding citizen, I currently only have 2 TRUE enemies in this world. A guy in San Antonio who tried to kill me in Dec of 2007. And the Milwaukee Brewers,,,,,,,,,, (just kiddin) on the Brewers part at least.
What was the topic of this discussion again?,,,I forget.