Open Carry Rally in DC

[Dingo]

It depends. When The US government shot and killed protesting students at the college campus, one could make the argument that those kids were stupid to be protesting and the price they paid was not worth whatever they were protesting. However, which group, the students or the government, did history end up favoring? Also, how, if at all did that change the way that large student protests were handled? I really don't know, so if the comparison is a stupid one, someone say so.

Well, the government's still around and operating business like usual - and while history may favor the students, they're just as dead. So I guess that shows which side of the fence I fall on.

I'm one of those "come n get them/revolution" types, but not much interested in sacrificing myself to the legal system just to prove a point. My red line for personal individual action is actual door-to-door confiscation. And/or a movement with enough momentum to actually accomplish something - ala 1776.

[Ronin13]

At least these people are actually talking about something instead of BSing on a forum, everyone has a choice.

A minority that does something besides sit on forums and talk about doing something...

Do I think this is the "brightest idea? not at all... but it's something. It beats the hell out of doing nothing, and is 100% better than complaining about the problem and complaining about the people trying to shine a light on the problem.

Awful presumptuous of both of you to say that... I remember this:
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And I remember meeting a few forum members there. Granted we made our voices heard, but the left wasn't really listening. Still, action, doing something rather than just, how did you guys put it? BS or "talk" on a forum. So before you start saying we don't do anything, did either of you help organize, put on, or even attend some of these rallies?

[JoeT]

did either of you help organize, put on, or even attend some of these rallies?

I don't know if I was at that one....but I was at one in Colorado before I moved, I've been to 2 here in Connecticut since I moved and I spoke at 2 of the hearings before the state legislature

before moving to Colorado, I was a board member at Massachusetts' version of RMGO (only without the tinfoil) where I presented "ourside" dozens of times.

In addition to donating my time, I also donate from my wallet....in FY 2012 I donated thousands to gun rights organizations

[Scanker19]

I'm against protesting, I just don't know how to show it.

[sniper7]

With a large enough number the message can be sent. I am all for the protest but wouldn't risk my career or current lifestyle over a protest to be honest. If it came down to life and death or Something close to that then we can talk. But right now the federal gun ban got shot down along with most other overreaching legislation so I wouldn't go out of my way for potential arrest and scrutiny. I did enough of that tonight.

[Jamesonehr]

Have to figure if you get enough people to do it they can't arrest everyone. I assume that is what they are hoping for. I doubt they will go through with it if only 10-100 show.

[Byte Stryke]

while I agree that this is not an action I would take, I concur that they should, for any reason, be allowed to carry their firearms openly and in a civil manner, anywhere in the Free United States.
I would rather fight the cause in a courtroom and go home at night that try and fight it from a jail cell. I will stand in front of committees and legislatures and talk to the legislature until I am blue in the face. I write letters and join legal political activities.
One thing I won't do is berate or belittle anyone else's choices.

I am sure that there were those at Concord that said "Just give them your musket, what do you need a .58 round for anyway?"


I would like to know, does hitting the keys harder when you sit behind your keyboard, doing nothing while mocking the actions of others, make you tougher?
Those offended. are rightly so.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Byte Stryke, it's not about mocking their actions from behind the safety of an anonymous keyboard, it's about how ill-considered actions endanger ALL of our rights by giving ammunition to those who seek to portray us all as crazy, irresponsible, emotional blowhards. That's why I had no problem with the idea of a mag-carrying protest in Denver but I DO have a problem with open carrying in DC. I'm all for people voting or demonstrating their consciences but don't I have a right to object and point out when said demonstration or vote is a Pyrrhic victory that is more likely to end up endangering ALL of our rights?

[pumpgun]

This is the take that USA Carry had on the idea.

http://www.usacarry.com/forums/firea...edium=facebook

[HoneyBadger]

This is the take that one member on USA Carry had on the idea.

http://www.usacarry.com/forums/firea...edium=facebook

FIFY. Just because someone writes on the internet, they are not automatically a trusted or credible authority on any subject matter.