OPEN CARRY IN A CONCEALED CARRY STATE

[AlHunt]

I'm just not a fan of open carry. It's legal in Colorado. <SNIP> I think you also run a high risk of being shot by law enforcement.

If doing a legal thing increases the odds of being shot by law enforcement, then you need different law enforcement.

I am also a supporter of, but not an advocate for, open carry. I do not believe, though, that law enforcement is more likely to shoot an open carrier.

 

[AlHunt]

I also believe in desensitizing folks to guns.

That is the wrong reason to carry a firearm.

 

[cmort666]

That is the wrong reason to carry a firearm.

What is the "right" reason?

 

[AlHunt]

and in general act like they were raised by wolves.

That's kind of offensive to those of us who actually were raised by wolves. Raised me as one of their own until I was kidnapped by a band of humans...

 

[AlHunt]

What is the "right" reason?

Plenty of right reasons. Being in people's faces about it for the sake of being in their face is not one of them. Alarming people in the name of "desensitizing" them does nothing to desensitize them, it just makes them even more opposed to guns and gun owners.

 

[cmort666]

That's kind of offensive to those of us who actually were raised by wolves. Raised me as one of their own until I was kidnapped by a band of humans...

Then let's go with "raised by Heath Ledger's Joker"...

 

[cmort666]

Plenty of right reasons. Being in people's faces about it for the sake of being in their face is not one of them. Alarming people in the name of "desensitizing" them does nothing to desensitize them, it just makes them even more opposed to guns and gun owners.

The problem is that it usually seems that the ONLY one "alarmed" is the crybully making the whiny, stompy foot complaint... who truth be told is just as likely to be "triggered" by my NRA ballcap.

The truth is that the anti-gun cult wants guns to be terrifying mystical totems of mass extinction. They want to DESTROY the "gun culture". Seeing guns every day works contrary to that... which is why they don't want them seen in contexts where the organs of state security are not involved.

Of course too, I'm amused by the dolts here who whine about open carry, when THEY were the ones bleating that there was no need for legal concealed carry because OPEN carry was legal.

I'm tired of crybullys and simply refuse to pander to their psycho-pathologies. As I've said previously, when it comes to social justice warriors, I'm into MACRO-aggressions.

 

[Smoke]

This thread is not going to end well

 

[DevilDog72]

Texas is now open carry... I have done so myself on several occasions without incident. I notice more and more open carry every time I venture out and have not seen any ill effects from the general populace or our LEO friends. I have not been targeted... harassed or even really given a second glance that I have noticed.
It is amazing to me the vitriol that is spewed by people that have no business telling me, a free man, what I should or should not do... wear or conduct myself. That is my affair alone. I do not interfere nor even care how one chooses to carry a firearm or not.... that is none of my business.

Dang it , oh well should have just brewed up some popcorn and watched the show.... but, no I had to spill my 2 cents worth of drivel.
Really folks this bickering about OC vs CC is stupid. We provide grist for the anti's when we do this...... to ourselves.

"..... shall not be infringed...."

 

[bagga]

I used to like "slovenly" wimmen at closing time

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[AlHunt]

The problem is that it usually seems that the ONLY one "alarmed" is the crybully making the whiny, stompy foot complaint... who truth be told is just as likely to be "triggered" by my NRA ballcap.

The truth is that the anti-gun cult wants guns to be terrifying mystical totems of mass extinction. They want to DESTROY the "gun culture". Seeing guns every day works contrary to that... which is why they don't want them seen in contexts where the organs of state security are not involved.

Of course too, I'm amused by the dolts here who whine about open carry, when THEY were the ones bleating that there was no need for legal concealed carry because OPEN carry was legal.

I'm tired of crybullys and simply refuse to pander to their psycho-pathologies. As I've said previously, when it comes to social justice warriors, I'm into MACRO-aggressions.

I agree with most of that. I'm not sure what you mean by macro-aggressions. I like the term crybullys and plan to use it.

I concur totally, the anti's have had their way for far too long and there is no more room for compromise.

 

[woodsltc]

This thread is not going to end well

Well I didn't care for the way it started .... OP stuck his nose into something better left alone, should'a minded his own business. So, if the thread ends badly I don't really care.

Don

 

[LAA]

That is the wrong reason to carry a firearm.

I agree. In my mind, some of the open carry reminds me of the character with a large revolver strapped to his side .......... in the last season of "Justified". I wasn't impressed. I do CC, and my wife does also. And we'll keep it that way. We don't run around telling the public.

I have a tendency to read a lot, and have read thousands of opinions from the pro-gun & anti- gun crowd. I don't think it's the right time to be pushing firearms in peoples faces, just because it's a right to do so. Much of the public, is purely freaked out at this point.

Of course, being a forum, such as this is, there will be plenty of readers who totally disagree with my view. I can say without doubt, that many restaurant patrons will notice!

Just watch the last season of "Justified"...

 

[cmort666]

I'm not sure what you mean by macro-aggressions.

• Micro-aggression - Me wearing an NRA ballcap or reading "The Devil's Paintbrush" (history of the Maxim gun) in a public place.
• Macro-aggression - Me responding to a whiny tirade about what the crybully "thinks" (actually emotes) with, "Aren't you getting ahead of yourself? You're telling me WHAT you think when it's yet to be determined that you think AT ALL."

 

[cmort666]

Just watch the last season of "Justified"...

I would no more make decisions about the 1st and 2nd Amendments based on fictional TV shows than I would draw conclusions about Mars from watching the second "Flash Gordon" serial.

 

[wsr]

I agree. In my mind, some of the open carry reminds me of the character with a large revolver strapped to his side .......... in the last season of "Justified". I wasn't impressed. I do CC, and my wife does also. And we'll keep it that way. We don't run around telling the public.

I have a tendency to read a lot, and have read thousands of opinions from the pro-gun & anti- gun crowd. I don't think it's the right time to be pushing firearms in peoples faces, just because it's a right to do so. Much of the public, is purely freaked out at this point.

Of course, being a forum, such as this is, there will be plenty of readers who totally disagree with my view. I can say without doubt, that many restaurant patrons will notice!

Just watch the last season of "Justified"...

Umm what relevance does a tv series have??? LOL

 

[LAA]

Umm what relevance does a tv series have??? LOL

Simple, the character is trying to look like a tough guy. To me, he looks like a clown..

If some of you think open carry is going to desensitize the public, then go for it. I won't being calling law enforcement, as the OP did. I just don't believe it's the right time, to being flaunting it.

 

[cmort666]

Simple, the character is trying to look like a tough guy. To me, he looks like a clown..

If some of you think open carry is going to desensitize the public, then go for it. I won't being calling law enforcement, as the OP did. I just don't believe it's the right time, to being flaunting it.

Is it the right time for me to "flaunt" my NRA ballcap? I've had crybullies complain about that...

 

[wsr]

Simple, the character is trying to look like a tough guy. To me, he looks like a clown..

If some of you think open carry is going to desensitize the public, then go for it. I won't being calling law enforcement, as the OP did. I just don't believe it's the right time, to being flaunting it.

Yeah, I'll base my opinions off or actual reality not tv make believe LOL

As far as the right time...People waiting for the right time and trying appease the anti's got us the slew of gun laws that are on the books now, so I'll pass on the timid stuff

 

[Matchking Man]

I'm purty much surmising here....

LOL I assume surmising= BS in this case. I'm surmising Impersonating a police officer is felony in the 3rd degree in Tennessee also. Great word.