Guy in Fort Collins Open Carries rifle at Walmart.

[Eggysrun]

Poor judgement on the kids behalf. There's a time and place to open carry and particularly what you are carrying. Scaring the public like that isn't going to help the cause regardless if said person was within exercising his/her rights.

[Demodave]

You know, when I was growing up outside of Chicago a LONG time ago, we used to carry rifles from our homes into the woods, and nobody cared. It was considered normal. Later when I was in HS and College in WI, we had 30/30's hanging in the back of our Pickup truck windows, IN THE SCHOOL's Parking lot!

WTF

Responsible people are safe with Guns

Get a grip.

The kid has EVERY right to carry openly.

Quit being pussified by our culture.

OPEN carry is legal in this State.

If you don't like it, move back to CA

Would you feel safer in a gun free zone????

[Gman]

Word to the Founders. The truth of the matter is in my sig.

[tmckay2]

why are people so stupid?

[tmckay2]

you can validate it in any way you see fit, no one here is going to argue it was his right, but for those of us in reality the truth of the matter is we are this close to losing a lot of our rights as it pertains to firearms. doing things like this, which everyone and their brother knows is for publicity and to show you can do it, only furthers the agenda of our enemies. fact is, the majority of non-gun owners aren't anti gun loons, but they won't understand a stunt like this and it will turn them further against us. we need their support to keep the rights the nuts want to take. you don't have to like it, i sure as hell don't, but thats the truth. we need everyone to be exercising common sense at a time like this.

You know, when I was growing up outside of Chicago a LONG time ago, we used to carry rifles from our homes into the woods, and nobody cared. It was considered normal. Later when I was in HS and College in WI, we had 30/30's hanging in the back of our Pickup truck windows, IN THE SCHOOL's Parking lot!

WTF

Responsible people are safe with Guns

Get a grip.

The kid has EVERY right to carry openly.

Quit being pussified by our culture.

OPEN carry is legal in this State.

If you don't like it, move back to CA

Would you feel safer in a gun free zone????

[sellersm]

I think that an event like this points out the great discrepancy between the anti-2A's efforts and the pro-2A's efforts! Where are the PRO gun messages? Where's the NRA, GOA, RMGO, etc.'s "propaganda" campaigns to make the public less afraid of guns? If we were all born 100 years ago or more, we'd NOT be having this conversation! Guns aren't to be feared. If they're really that bad, how'd we survive as people for this long?

I'm not happy, obviously, with the pro-2A's efforts to counter the tide of brainwashing that the anti's have been doing so effectively? Outside of influencing one or two people at a time, what can we do to help turn the tide of 'public opinion' that "guns are evil and should never be seen in public"?

So, let's quit picking on the guy, and answer the questions I posed earlier (above)... What are we going to do to begin to turn the tide?

[Gman]

The people that want to disarm us don't need excuses. Don't try to hook any of the game plan they are running to anyone lawfully living their life in what used to be a free country. Don't be in here yelling that "she asked to be raped because of the clothes she was wearing" crap.

[Ronin13]

The people that want to disarm us don't need excuses. Don't try to hook any of the game plan they are running to anyone lawfully living their life in what used to be a free country. Don't be in here yelling that "she asked to be raped because of the clothes she was wearing" crap.

Exactly! The CDC and FBI both presented evidence that in 2004 the world didn't start burning because of the expiration of the AWB. FBI stats prove that areas with strict gun control laws have higher crime rates. Feinstein and gang saw these figures, they don't give a shit, none of the hardline anti-gun crowd gives a shit.

[Rucker61]

Exactly! The CDC and FBI both presented evidence that in 2004 the world didn't start burning because of the expiration of the AWB. FBI stats prove that areas with strict gun control laws have higher crime rates. Feinstein and gang saw these figures, they don't give a shit, none of the hardline anti-gun crowd gives a shit.

If the anti's are anti's because they're afraid of guns, what's the best way to make them unafraid of guns?

[Ronin13]

If the anti's are anti's because they're afraid of guns, what's the best way to make them unafraid of guns?

They're not afraid of guns... Feinswine is a gun owner (albeit hypocritical). They don't want you and me to have guns, only them and their cronies and security personnel. Most people who are afraid of guns are only afraid because they're uneducated and don't understand them... Education, getting them into shooting will help.