Man in Utah open carries AR15

[Melvin]

If he's less than 21 he can't get a CHP (CRS 18-12-203 (b)), so open carry is his only option for self-protection. Is there a problem with that?

What makes the fight we're in right now so difficult to win is that we have been hiding our guns "in the closet" for so long that seeing a gun in public has become associated with mass shooting and other criminal behaviors. Responsible open carry is something we should be embracing at this point to reverse this misconception.

I frankly find it pathetic that some gunowners consistely call open carry folks "assholes" etc. Divided we fall, and invisible we fall as well. Show people that good guys carry guns too. Open carry, be friendly doing it, answer people's questions patiently and politely. Be a good ambassador.

O2

Psychiatrists will tell you that the best way to deal with a phobia is to confront it. How can people who are afraid ever see the guns if they are hidden. Time to set up meet and greets on weekends and talk with people and explain in layman's terms. Let them see first hand the guns nor the owners are boogie men the media would have them believe. Maybe invite them to a range. More converts born on the range than anywhere else. Time to go out and win hearts and minds. One at a time. The same way they were stolen.