Guy in Fort Collins Open Carries rifle at Walmart.

[Demodave]

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.

Look, the anti's are out for registration, then confiscation. PERIOD

anything you do, will further their agenda. PERIOD

Tell me what you would rather see, an Armed Society, much like the founding fathers sought, which then becomes a polite society, or a society, which cringes when one of it's own, the kid in this instance, hides it's rights in shame....

I understand your point, but the only way currently to rectify it is to show that we WILL NOT be disarmed....

Food for thought, not a flame war......

[silentshooter]

I will never say a bad thing about a person that open carries. No matter what reason they have for doing it, its a right as a citizen of the US that you can own and carry a firearm concealed or not. Stop tip toeing just to appease the Liberal anti-gun mafia. While I have never open carried a Rifle, I have plenty of times open carried with a handgun.

[NightCat]

I have a great idea.....I should go into walmart with my plate carrier on with my AR slung and Sidearm on my hip!




Said no one ever.

[Demodave]

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?

Open carry.....

[Ronin13]

I have a great idea.....I should go into walmart with my plate carrier on with my AR slung and Sidearm on my hip!




Said no one ever.

Woah... pump your brakes. Since when is anyone walking around with a plate carrier, AR and sidearm on their person like this is Baghdad? You went a little too far on that one there. This guy just carried his rifle (story didn't specify type, but that is immaterial) into a walmart- he didn't go all GI Joe gung-ho here.

[newracer]

It was probably a .22 or a hunting rifle, if it was an AR or AK or anything even remotely evil looking they would have surly mentioned it.

[Rucker61]

Woah... pump your brakes. Since when is anyone walking around with a plate carrier, AR and sidearm on their person like this is Baghdad? You went a little too far on that one there. This guy just carried his rifle (story didn't specify type, but that is immaterial) into a walmart- he didn't go all GI Joe gung-ho here.

But that's just as okay, right? Just as acceptable and no-one should complain, right?

[BigDee]

Correct if I'm wrong here but it is my understanding that open carry while being legal can still be considered felony menacing.

I was told by an LEO that it is perfectly legal to open carry in the state of Colorado. BUT.. If someone is open carrying and someone else is made to feel intimidated by the person open carrying an over zealous LEO could arrest the person and charge them with felony menacing. The charges would most likely be thrown out by the DA but an LEO could charge the person and arrest them.

[newracer]

You can be arrested for just about anything, whether you are charged or not is entirely different.

[james_bond_007]

But that's just as okay, right? Just as acceptable and no-one should complain, right?

Sometimes it is not what's OK (i.e. legal), but rather what IS or IS NOT the norm.
Seeing someone carry a rifle in Walmat is not the "norm" in the US. I can understand why people would panic and call the police. Legal or not.

I'm sure it would be considered completely normal at the Tehran Walmart.

When we traveled overseas, my wife freaked out at the airports and train stations when she saw security guards with UZI's. The locals didn't mind because that was their "norm".
Had we seen armed security personnel at O'Hare, DFW, or DIA, many more people would have been alarmed because is is NOT the "norm" in the US.