[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

While I am a big proponent for our constitutional rights, I have never been a big fan of Open Carry, and you've pretty much taken the words right out of my mouth because that's how I feel about open carry. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. I understand what people who are open carrying are trying to achieve, because a person who is active in shooting sports, hunting, and firearms in general, yes, seeing someone carrying a firearm is quite normal. But for people not engaged in shooting sports, hunting, etc, it is anything but normal, if not alarming. So I don't think it's getting the results they think it does. I think the effect is quite the opposite by making gun owners look like fringe elements of society.


Still though, seeing someone carrying a firearm while in a department store or what not, is not normal regardless if your a gun owner or not. There is a place for open carry. Hiking perhaps, on a ranch, camping, outdoor recreational activities where your not near any major population center. Guns are often thought of as tools. As such, one does not go walking into a department store carrying a skillsaw, or wearing a tool belt and hard hat. You usually carry those things when your on a job site......

Good point. I'm not as anti-gun as some of my liberal bretheren, but doing something like this guy did just to be provocative and "in your face" is just hurting the cause. He does look like a loony and he's not accomplishing anything other than making all the other kids look at his kid and say "that's the one with the crazy dad." He clearly didn't consider that when he marched off on his stupid crusade. School is tough enough on kids. No need to make it harder.