Open-carry activist approaches Gun Free Zone

[SteyrAUG]

I think open carry is OK in theory, but bad in practice, simply because it invites crap like this.

I prefer the "option to choose." There are times and places where a visible deterrent and faster access takes priority, there are times when not drawing attention to yourself takes priority. I also prefer to not have my options restricted due to the actions of a bunch of retards.

Pretty sad that all it takes is a bunch of trailer park hillbillies to get people on this forum to be ok with banning open carry. I guess the KKK saying stupid shit is enough to restrict free speech and the antics of Rev. Phelps should be enough to restrict religion, or at least to some folks. Btw this last paragraph was specifically directed at you.

[TAZ]

I tend to agree that open carry in today's society is not a good idea. Doesn't mean it needs to be illegal. There are a lot of things I don't consider to be good ideas. Black panthers, KKK, Al Sharpton, Rev Phelps...But I'd NEVER consider making them illegal. I won't piss on them if they were on fire, but I wouldn't make them illegal. I didn't swear an oath to defend parts of the Constitution, but rather all of it.

The OC activists are generally idiots. Same level of individual as the hands up don't shoot folks. Plane effing stupid. IMO they work for Bloomberg and his ilk in trying to submarine any effort to restore Constitutional rights.

[sevenhelmet]

I prefer the "option to choose." There are times and places where a visible deterrent and faster access takes priority, there are times when not drawing attention to yourself takes priority. I also prefer to not have my options restricted due to the actions of a bunch of retards.

Which is exactly what I was trying to articulate. You did a much better job of summing it up than I did. I was not, and do not advocate a ban on open carry, or any aspect of our right to bear arms. I just want groups like OCT to stop being antagonistic- it can, and has, resulted in turning opinion against all gun owners.

Pretty sad that all it takes is a bunch of trailer park hillbillies to get people on this forum to be ok with banning open carry. I guess the KKK saying stupid shit is enough to restrict free speech and the antics of Rev. Phelps should be enough to restrict religion, or at least to some folks. Btw this last paragraph was specifically directed at you.

At me? Not sure why... I don't oppose free speech, even when it hurts causes I believe in (which it does, all the time). I'm sorry my position wasn't clear. While others in this thread do seem to support a ban on OC, I don't. Hope that's clear enough.

[SteyrAUG]

At me? Not sure why... I don't oppose free speech, even when it hurts causes I believe in (which it does, all the time). I'm sorry my position wasn't clear. While others in this thread do seem to support a ban on OC, I don't. Hope that's clear enough.

Freaking dyslexic keyboard. That last paragraph was specifically NOT directed at you.

My apologies.

[sevenhelmet]

No harm done. I just wish I'd been more clear from the beginning. I re-read my first post and realized it came off a lot more anti-OC than I intended it to.

[MountainRaven]

Open carry activists who complain about being followed by police officers are about as intelligent as scantily-clad couples who are into BDSM complaining about being kicked out of a restaurant or a store or getting strange looks in public while they're out for "walkies". I imagine both groups are about equally as welcome on school grounds.

Being free to do something doesn't mean you're free from the consequences. In this instance, the consequences are being followed and "harassed" by the police.

[SteyrAUG]

No harm done. I just wish I'd been more clear from the beginning. I re-read my first post and realized it came off a lot more anti-OC than I intended it to.

No worries, at least you didn't forget to type "NOT" when you were making a point about specifically NOT referencing another member. You were pretty clear and that is why I intended to specify my last paragraph was NOT directed at you.

[jpmuscle]

Open carry activists who complain about being followed by police officers are about as intelligent as scantily-clad couples who are into BDSM complaining about being kicked out of a restaurant or a store or getting strange looks in public while they're out for "walkies". I imagine both groups are about equally as welcome on school grounds.

Being free to do something doesn't mean you're free from the consequences. In this instance, the consequences are being followed and "harassed" by the police.

I made the mistake of googling that out of curiosity. I loathe you now

[SteyrAUG]

Open carry activists who complain about being followed by police officers are about as intelligent as scantily-clad couples who are into BDSM complaining about being kicked out of a restaurant or a store or getting strange looks in public while they're out for "walkies". I imagine both groups are about equally as welcome on school grounds.

Being free to do something doesn't mean you're free from the consequences. In this instance, the consequences are being followed and "harassed" by the police.

True story.

Back around 1991 some guy walks into the grocery store with a 6 foot blond wearing 6 inch heels, PVC corset and thigh high spike boots and a rhinestone poodle leash and collar. She was about a 12 on a scale from 1 to 10.

I really didn't mind.

[SteyrAUG]

I made the mistake of googling that out of curiosity. I loathe you now

And apparently "walkies" means something completely different from what I thought it meant. Sometimes I hate google.