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This mental midget unslung his gun for what purpose? Look at me look at me, or he is just about to defend himself, the only reason to unsling his gun. What would you think if you just walked in? What if it was a handgun in his hand (unholstered)? What would a cop think when he went in for a donut, and sees a man with a gun in the down ready position. How about a unholstered handgun (the equivalent of this guys 'pose')
Want a picture of you with your gun, do it at the range, the gun store, or in you house or backyard.
These idiots do nothing to further the cause for any gun owner, and has been demonstrated to have a negative effect on the perception about all gun owners. How has this worked out, no guns in Starbucks, Chipotle, Target, etc., all over a very few look at me idiots, and you attack me because I recognize the harm these idiots are doing. Any laws changed for the positive? How about the perception of the public?
In todays world, the "all or nothing" mindset will not have the results these people want, that's the reality.
You, just like the anti gun Bloomberg funded group Mothers Demand Action did with the Chipolte photo, are taking a photo completely out of context in an effort to push your agenda of wanting everyone to only carry in ways/places you personally think are "reasonable", "appropriate", and "acceptable".
I'd like to address the part of your post I put in
bold by quoting a portion of an earlier post of my own ....
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Want to know what progress has resulted from carrying a gun in ways you don't approve of? A shotgun was carried into a Lansing Michigan library a while back that resulted in a Michigan Supreme Court ruling that "authorities" like a library authority, a downtown development authority, or a transit authority, could not make their own gun ban rules more strict than Michigan State law. You can look that up by following the link below.
CADL vs. MOC - Chronological History | Michigan Open Carry, Inc.
Now ..... did you have the intellectual honesty to actually follow that link and find out what positive effect openly carrying a shotgun into a library in Michigan had on it being illegal for any portion of government except the State legislature to make gun law?
Did you know that it only took about 8 years for open carry in Michigan to go from being largely unknown to a common sight in everyday life because what you consider "mental midgets" and "idiots" actually got off their asses and open carried pistols AND RIFLES? During the first few years there were many lawsuits for illegal police detentions (those suits were won too), there were many police depts. that were retrained in the legality of open carry, and the media had a field day with quite of bit of coverage... lots of it quite negative... and the end result was the media ended up educating Michigan's population by spreading the fact that open carry in Michigan was perfectly legal.
And all that happened because some folks understood that hoping to keep your rights by not exercising your rights because someone might not like it is backasswards thinking since giving up your rights for fear someone might not like it means
you, out of nothing but your own fear, have voluntarily given away your rights.
By the way....
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In todays world, the "all or nothing" mindset will not have the results these people want, that's the reality.
The "let's compromise in hopes we will be allowed to keep our rights" mindset is how we got all the gun control laws in what you call "today's world". And THAT is the reality.
A personal comment not directed at any individual or group of individuals...
I am so sick and tired of rabid anti gunners and gun owning/gun carrying anti gunner lites who try to push an agenda of "Do what I say is "reasonable", "appropriate", and "acceptable", because I know what's best!" using the tired old tactics of ridicule, insults, demeaning, diminishing, redirecting, avoiding, and obfuscating, as a way to support their transparent "I wanna be in control of how you exercise your rights." argument.
