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Ah but wait. Now the calls of "Its my right to defend myself!!" will be coming. Maybe the guy shouldnt have been arrested/cited but he damn sure should have been bitch slapped for doing something so obviously stupid. I like one of the commenters on the DP article about the tactical advantage of concealed carry versus open carry. Whoever wrote it was a thinking man.
Originally Posted by sneakerd
That's a bit harsh isnt it? Listen, I understand where you're coming from...but OC isn't illegal except in Denver. If this guy wants to OC somewhere, that's his RIGHT. It's not his fault if people are offended by his choice to do something that is perfectly inside the laws of this state. Nor should "be sensitive" to what anyone else thinks about it. If he wants to OC then he is fully within his rights to do so. He isn't a "freak", nor is anyone else who wants to OC.
Honestly, if you're 100% for gun rights, then you better be 100% for OC as well.
No actually I don't. I think most of the guys who OC are doing it to look tough and make a statement. It takes no extra time to throw a light cover garment on and basically eliminates any likelihood of negative press and/or police interaction.
Wow, Fox 31 really did a good job of twisting that one around. They even interviewed some dumb broad that said, "people can get a hold of the gun, it could just go off accidently, people dont think, they could just pull the gun out and just shoot without thinking"......really??? I mean c'mon really? Are people really this f'in ignorant??? The gun can just go off accidently????? WTF?? Are you serious.
Oh, and Shaul Turner said "it was strapped to his waste and he wearing it so other people could see it"??
C'mon Fox get over your f'in selves and report actual facts.
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Bingo!
If you choose to OC in a populated area, which IMHO is not wise-you had best be prepared for what it may bring.
Dumbass FAIL!
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Ah but you're assuming that every gun owner has (or even can have for that matter) a CCW permit. What if a gun owner can't afford to get his CCW permit? What if a gun owner isn't allowed to have a CCW permit from an infraction from when he was a kid? You're making a lot of generalizations here.
It's actually surprising to me that there are this many gun advocates here and nearly all of the reaction in this thread is negative towards OC. I just don't understand the negativity. You do realize that people who are fond of the AR platform get WAY worse press for the gun rights community than OCers do right? If we start worrying about how we look in the press then we already have defeated ourselves...because the press doesn't want any of us to have guns in the 1st place. If we start trying to look good in the press, then we will start giving up our rights.
Go on to fox 31's website and read the comments. People are defending the gun "toting' dude. beat down that Shawl "look at me" Turner
I assume nothing at all. My statement stands as I typed it. No more and no less. Just picture this idiot's thought process prior to him going out. Don't you think it occurred to him that he might get some negative attention by OCing in a movie theater a week after a mass killing in another metro theater? Of course it did. HE DID IT TO MAKE A STATEMENT- dumbass.
If someone can't afford a CCW- don't carry. If you can't get a CCW for another reason- don't carry.
Nothing makes me sadder about the state of America than the contents of this thread, on every level.
I'm surprised Soros isn't here to speak on the relative merits of courage and "doing the smart thing".
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