s4oak wrote:And by condemning them you are only perpetuating the perception that OC is weird or wrong or shouldn't be allowed. Join or die, as they say.
1 - there is nothing wrong with OC, where legal
2 - OC should be legal everywhere
3 - there will always be those who are freaked out by the sight of a gun
4 - those folks are, especially in major metro areas, significantly more numerous than those of us who want to carry for self-defense - let alone those who want to open carry
5 - OC in those areas where doing so will never persuade a large enough percentage of the population to change their minds is, at the very least worthless, and at worst is incredibly damaging to the very cause they claim to support...
My opinion - these OC "activists" are more concerned with carrying a firearm than they are with self-defense, and their flawed attempts at activism (which are not actual activism (i.e. an attempt to persuade), but rather are simply confrontational / bully tactics) are affecting my ability to lawfully carry the most effective tool available to me for the purpose of self-defense. It is in
no way contradictory to believe points # 1 & 2 above, while still condeming Open Carry Texas (and any other individual or group more concerned with the gun itself than with its purpose) for their failed / incredibly stupid tactics and their affect on me.
You do see that, don't you?