Unfortunately some open carry folks do not make the best representatives for the Second Amendment.
Nor are concealed carry folks. Some of the old timers tell about WA almost doing away with concealed carry due to the clowns who got their licenses and then felt the need to ‘flash’ their carry gun for emphasis. Attempting to malign all of us, OC or CC, for the actions of a few demonstrates an intellectual failure on your part.
They like to push things, confront LEOs when the cops have better things to do.
I have never seen a person openly carrying confront a police officer- it’s always the other way around. The OCer is walking along the road and the cop, who knows that no law is being broken, confronts the OCer. That is illegal, not the OC. The last time a police officer inquired about my OC (five or more years ago) I asked if I was being detained, when he said no I politely wished him a good day and went back to my business.
They, some and not all, strut around and make everyone around them uncomfortable. These idiots are all over the internet.
If you honestly believe that what you are seeing on the internet is in any way representative of ‘real life’, you need to put the internet away and get back out there. A minor side note here- do you really mean
everyone is uncomfortable? After ten years of OC in libtard places like Seattle, I have yet to see everyone, or even 99.8% of the people, ‘uncomfortable’. If
you are uncomfortable, then you need to do some personal reflection as to why; not attempt to project your feelings onto others.
There are many good reasons why carrying openly is a poor idea from a "tactical" standpoint.
Of course, you can’t articulate any of those “tactical” standpoints with empirical data or even common sense. The very best you can do is cite a one-off incident or speculative fantasy scenario. Those of us who quietly go out every day carrying openly will destroy your arguments and then you’ll disappear- in other words, you wouldn’t debate it openly or honestly because you have nothing to bring to the topic other than your own personal fears and insecurities.
Yesterday, I was pumping gas at the gas station and some guy gets out of his car to pump. He's wearing some HUGE Glock, at least a .45. Maybe a 10MM…
It sounds like you have issues with private firearm ownership. Why does it matter if he was carrying a HUGE Glock or a diminutive Jennings (other than taste)? Our rights are still rights; whether we use a typewriter or a laptop computer our right to freely express ourselves is the same.
To those who champion these idiots, I hope you'll be happy when they pass a law to make it illegal.
What’s the difference? You don’t/won’t do it now, so for you it may as well be illegal.
It’s sometimes frightening to think of how far we’ve fallen with regards to our liberty here in the US. Someone doesn’t “like” something so they want to create laws so they are comfortable; regardless of its impact on anyone else. The
anti gunners are uncomfortable with anyone owning a firearm due to their personal fears and insecurities; do they simply choose not to own a gun? No, they choose to push laws so that nobody can own a gun. If open carry isn’t for you then don’t do it. As I’ve said previously:
Your ‘right’ to choose your religion is useless if you’re too afraid to attend your church. Your right to assemble is pointless if you have to meet secretly in your basement, complete with a secret knock so you don’t inadvertently open the door to a government agent. Your free speech rights are without effect if the best you can do is grumble under your breath. So how can you claim there is a ‘right’ to carry a firearm if you are too intimidated to do it, or only willing to do it surreptitiously?
It seems that some people want their rights their way and everything else should be illegal.
I’m not a fan of those that would sling an AK and go shopping- but that doesn’t mean I think they’re all stupid or that it should be illegal. As I see it, they’ll get tired of toting it around and the problem will solve itself.
