"I'm conducting a 2nd Amendment Audit"

Haha. Anyone who starts their presence somewhere expecting to be banned never last long. Same thing every time.

What an asshole.
All too often "Open Carry Advocates" do more harm to our Rights than good.
Walking through a public area packing like Wyatt Earp is a foolish endeavor and you get what you deserve.
"Dont start no shit, wont be no shit." comes to mind.
Reminds me of a former member we had who was an adamant "Open Carry" type. He got all wrapped around the axle because Arvada PD contacted him when he was at King Soopers. He was OCing and some soccer mommy called PD because of a man with a gun.
Don't bring it upon yourself and if you insist, be mature enough to handle what cometh.
If your up hiking in the hills, OC is appropriate. In an urban area, dumbass thing to do.
Your not "Educating" anybody on the 2nd Amendment walking around looking like a complete fucktard OCing.

With Rights come Responsibilities.
Be a responsible steward of our Rights.

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Originally Posted by JHW87

I think the point is to challenge unconstitutional laws like the NFA and normalize the right to bear arms in every capacity. If we continue to allow people to consider our constitutional rights a public disturbance, and allow a militarized police state to bully us into submission then we've failed. The fact that you quote his firearm as being a "pistol" and without hesitation declare short barreled rifles illegal is cringy. The only fools are the people sitting behind their keyboards mocking a guy who is actively protesting for your rights. I don't have to agree with everything he says or does to acknowledge he's taking more initiative than any of you are by ganging up on him and snickering. It's the typical fudd clique mentality that has accelerated the slippery slope we're knee deep in.

I already know how you're going to respond to this post. Who does this guy think he is, with one post, coming in here and disagreeing with us? We've been here for over a decade and everyone agrees with our opinions. This is OUR echo chamber. I know what'll work. Ban me. Then you won't have anyone to challenge you.

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Welcome to the forum, you won’t find many fudds here, and a lot of people here have done a lot more to defend the second amendment than you might imagine.

Causing the public to panic and tying up police resources to make a point is pretty much pointless, he educated no one on second amendment rights, but he did manage to provide an example of whacko gun owners to those that would normally be pretty neutral.

We have 2 people that open carry at my church every Sunday, no one has made a deal out of it, but I guarantee you that if either walked in with an AR pistol, there would be some concerned folks.

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Originally Posted by thedave1164

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We have 2 people that open carry at my church every Sunday, no one has made a deal out of it, but I guarantee you that if either walked in with an AR pistol, there would be some concerned folks.

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Originally Posted by JHW87

I think the point is to challenge unconstitutional laws like the NFA and normalize the right to bear arms in every capacity. If we continue to allow people to consider our constitutional rights a public disturbance, and allow a militarized police state to bully us into submission then we've failed. The fact that you quote his firearm as being a "pistol" and without hesitation declare short barreled rifles illegal is cringy. The only fools are the people sitting behind their keyboards mocking a guy who is actively protesting for your rights. I don't have to agree with everything he says or does to acknowledge he's taking more initiative than any of you are by ganging up on him and snickering. It's the typical fudd clique mentality that has accelerated the slippery slope we're knee deep in.

I already know how you're going to respond to this post. Who does this guy think he is, with one post, coming in here and disagreeing with us? We've been here for over a decade and everyone agrees with our opinions. This is OUR echo chamber. I know what'll work. Ban me. Then you won't have anyone to challenge you.

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Well, if you continue with that attitude, I'm hopeful this was your last post, too.

I happen to agree with everything you said up until the point you started calling those with a differing opinion fools and fudds. You have no idea who does what to support the 2A at various levels on this forum unless you're out there with them when they do it. And then you pretend to know exactly how everyone's going to respond is just the epitome of arrogance and ignorance. You obviously don't know this group very well. If you've been lurking at all you sure as hell haven't been paying attention. There is at least one very pro 2A state representative that occasionally posts here. There are people that have spent countless hours at the state house lobbying for 2A causes. There are people here that have spent countless hours getting signatures for petitions and other causes that support the 2A.

So what have you done besides come here and piss people off?

Next time they can do 1st amendment audit on a juvenile in front of the court house.
"Fu-- you! Knock your bit-- ass out right now!"

See how well it goes. :)

It doesn't piss me off. The more members we have, the better this forum will be. I try to stick to the facts about firearms and the people that use them. All the emotional drama, I try to shy away from.

How is that any different than the LGBT crowd shoving their gross lifestyle down our throats until it became normal?

I love seeing people open carry and the looks they get from irrational snowflakes. Much like I still give the grossed out look to the LGBT freaks. I also love seeing the look of my lib neighbors when I carry uncased ARs to the truck, cause concealed carry of rifles is technically illegal.

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Originally Posted by Irving

Haha. Anyone who starts their presence somewhere expecting to be banned never last long. Same thing every time.

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True but it's not because of any ban hammer ... they just get bored because we won't react the way they predict.

Back on topic...

Absolute needless provocation. Those officers were not responding with intent to harass the videographer. They were responding to a concern, called in by a citizen about a man in a park with a non holstered firearm. I have respect & empathy for those officers & applaud them for the restraint & courtesy they afforded that man from the go.