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Open carry question [W:46]

Is it justifiable?

  • yes

    Votes: 10 30.3%
  • no

    Votes: 23 69.7%

  • Total voters
    33
Reagan was well known to be senile at the end of his term and Ford was hardly a conservative. and those to guys hardly had any expertise about weapons.
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Both knew what it meant to be shot at.
 
the DCM after WWII sold hundreds of thousands of semi auto MI carbines and MI Garand rifles to civilians through the government run Civilian Marksmanship program. By the time Ford was in office there was at least a million of each weapon in civilian hands.

yup.... in common use, and not unusual

today, it's AR's and AK's... in common use, and not unusual.


who knows what it will be in the future....
 
yup.... in common use, and not unusual

today, it's AR's and AK's... in common use, and not unusual.


who knows what it will be in the future....

semi auto rifles have been in common usage since the WWI era

and like it or not select fire rifles too-since almost every modern police department has them it meets the Heller test,
 
is there a good reason you reject the actual definition of "brandishing"?

Not going to get in a semantic pissing contest with you either. I will be glad to substitute "showing off in a threatening manner" for "brandishing".
Why wouldn't you carry your rifle in a rifle case??
 
semi auto rifles have been in common usage since the WWI era

and like it or not select fire rifles too-since almost every modern police department has them it meets the Heller test,

it was possible to have a BAR after WWI, Thompsons were legal to buy at one time in its early days
 
it was possible to have a BAR after WWI, Thompsons were legal to buy at one time in its early days

yeah FDR wanted to ban them and his AG said it would violate the 2A so they came up with an idiotic tax scheme meaning only bootleggers could afford them (the rich always could but the desire was to keep poor people from buying them)
 
so if you get into an auto accident that makes you a mechanic or a F-1 driver?

if you are told you have cancer, you are now an Oncologist?

if a bird poops on your car will you soon be hired by the Cornell Department of ornithology?
No ...
But I am saying that if someone tries to assassinate you, you may have some insight into the insane gun culture in America.
 
Not going to get in a semantic pissing contest with you either. I will be glad to substitute "showing off in a threatening manner" for "brandishing".
Why wouldn't you carry your rifle in a rifle case??

you completely ****ed up the definition of the word....that's not semantics... it's ignorance, stupidity, or dishonesty

who cares why they don't put it in a case.... it's irrelevant.
if they are carrying legally, properly, and safely, there is no problem.... no problem at all.
 
No ...
But I am saying that if someone tries to assassinate you, you may have some insight into the insane gun culture in America.

the "insane gun culture"

what is that

Look I get you hate gun owners and it has nothing to do with guns but rather the politics of gun owners generally but

Squeaky Frome was a member of the Manson family. Did you know that the waiting period in California was perhaps responsible for the LaBianca's deaths. After Sharon tate was butchered-the next day the laBianca's tried to buy a gun but had to wait. that night they were butchered by the "family"

so do you consider a member of the Manson family part of the normal gun culture in the USA?
 
you completely ****ed up the definition of the word....that's not semantics... it's ignorance, stupidity, or dishonesty

who cares why they don't put it in a case.... it's irrelevant.
if they are carrying legally, properly, and safely, there is no problem.... no problem at all.
Why not carry in a rifle case ?
Why are you afraid to answer that simple question?
 
Why not carry in a rifle case ?
Why are you afraid to answer that simple question?

that's how I carry one
in fact I have a tennis racquet bag for carrying a folding stock AK 74 or M4. It doesn't attract much attention at all

exactly how I like it
 
the "insane gun culture"



so do you consider a member of the Manson family part of the normal gun culture in the USA?
She was insane and she believed that she could solve problems with a gun as so many here do so ...yeah.
 
that's how I carry one
in fact I have a tennis racquet bag for carrying a folding stock AK 74 or M4. It doesn't attract much attention at all

exactly how I like it

I agree that would not be threatening...
...and don't you agree that open carrying, slung on the shoulder without a case is, threatening?
Isn't so much of this advocating "open carrying" all about attracting attention?
 
She was insane and she believed that she could solve problems with a gun as so many here do so ...yeah.

that's really stupid. I have coyotes that kill family pets, I solved that problem with a gun. Equating what I did to squeaky frome is true insanity.

why don't you tell us what really causes you to spend so much time bashing gun owners. look, i don't approve of gun owners doing stuff just to piss off the sheeple. walking through the center of town looking like my Green Beret Nephew while he was on ambush patrol for the taliban is stupid and silly.
 
I agree that would not be threatening...
...and don't you agree that open carrying, slung on the shoulder without a case is, threatening?
Isn't so much of this advocating "open carrying" all about attracting attention?

depends on the area. in the middle of cincinnati-massively uncool

in a more rural area near a big gun club-no problem
 
In my state I think this would be legal and would fall under our "Stand Your Ground" law.
Although I am morally opposed to it being legal to both carry the gun into the store as well as for shooting the customer/serious threat.
Here, it is all about how you feel. This case could definitely go in either direction.
 
that's really stupid. I have coyotes that kill family pets, I solved that problem with a gun. Equating what I did to squeaky frome is true insanity.

why don't you tell us what really causes you to spend so much time bashing gun owners. look, i don't approve of gun owners doing stuff just to piss off the sheeple. walking through the center of town looking like my Green Beret Nephew while he was on ambush patrol for the taliban is stupid and silly.
I agree again. Showing off weaponry to make you feel like a bad ass is stupid and dangerous.
You solved a varmint problem with your gun... Miss Frome thought she could solve a social and political problem with her gun ...
That's a big difference.
 
I agree again. Showing off weaponry to make you feel like a bad ass is stupid and dangerous.
You solved a varmint problem with your gun... Miss Frome thought she could solve a social problem with her gun ...
That's a big difference.

true, so your first attempt to link her to pro gun posters was silly

I did see an anti gun poster on the gun thread suggest that killing NRA leadership would solve is problems but that is the only real insane suggestion for using a gun I have seen by posters here
 
true, so your first attempt to link her to pro gun posters was silly

I did see an anti gun poster on the gun thread suggest that killing NRA leadership would solve is problems but that is the only real insane suggestion for using a gun I have seen by posters here

You wouldn't consider Sqweeky Frome's actions to be "pro-gun?
 
i'm not afraid to answer.. it's just an irrelevant question... it doesn't matter.
It absolutely does matter. A rifle in a case on your back is not nearly as threatening or objectionable as the bare weapon in plain sight, ready to shoot.
It also wouldn't allow the carrier to feel a much of a bad ass, impressing and frightening people.
 
It absolutely does matter. A rifle in a case on your back is not nearly as threatening or objectionable as the bare weapon in plain sight, ready to shoot.
It also wouldn't allow the carrier to feel a much of a bad ass, impressing and frightening people.

it's late, I have no more patience for dishonest anti-gun extremists...
 
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