Which would you prefer: open carry or concealed?

I carry concealed, however, I am completely comfortable with open carry. I would like to see the United States the return to the mindset of 'self reliance' for their own personal protection. I believe that a mandatory training should accompany either carry, much like Defensive Driving used to be mandatory for issue of a Driver's License when I was anxiously awaiting that milestone. In Tennessee, you must take a mandatory 8 hour block of instruction along with a 'qualification' shoot to get your concealed carry permit; since the CCWP is connected to the state's Driver's License, I propose a mandatory requirement to demonstrate proficiency with the weapon prior to the reissue of said permit. This would make sure that the person carrying could- theoretically- hit what they are aiming at and not endangering anyone else if they had to draw their weapon in self defense or the defense of others, as permitted under state law.

LTC (Join to see),

Either or does not matter to me. I assume everyone is always armed; it helps me avoid surprises!

I have done both but I prefer to stay below the radar.

In public I prefer concealed just so the bad guy doesn't know I'm carrying but when I am in my home I still carry & is unconcealed.

I would go concealed. The more people with concealed, that and level tempers, you'd never know who's packing and when

Open Carry, only because the state of Ohio requires me to be 21 to get my CCW.

If I am at the range plinking open csrry is fine, but when I am out and about I prefer concealed. open carry at the mall or grocery store is legal where I live but will undoubtedly lead to unwanted attention.

Concealed! We don't need to advertise that we have a weapon that could be taken and used to shoot up the room if successful. Much better to make them bring their own and when they pull it out in a room where they thing everyone is helpless you can pull out yours and ruin their day!

Concealed is my preferred method of carrying. With so many paranoid people out there I do not want to draw any unwanted attention to me and my family. I do not have anything against anyone who open carry's but it is not for me.

I have to add another question to this post, how many of us had actually had to pull a firearm, open or concealed, in a civilian situation? I've done it once, outside a restaurant in Fayetteville, NC near the mall. However, I was in my truck, so it didn't matter how I was carrying. I stand by personal preference, where you live, and the situation. As I've stated below, I've carried open and concealed, when I've carried open, no one seems to pay any attention. I live in a town of 70,000 people where most people own guns.