There are some counties in Missouri that allow open carry. Every year my Dad and Uncles and I float and fish the Eleven Point River in southern Missouri. We have sidearms holstered on our hips not because we feel threatened by anyone, but because open carry is allowed in this county. It should be allowed in the whole country (IMO). I carry a pistol over 90% of the time. I almost feel naked when it is not on me.