Right or wrong this is only going to end one way, one too many people is going to push the envelope and they’ll pass a law banning open carry on school property. I don’t object to open carry but I don’t think it’s the best choice every time. If you know doing it is going to cause a **** storm maybe you need to conceal. Unless of course you’re trying to stir up the ****, whichleads back to my original statement.
Open carry with a CPL is the only legal way to carry a firearm in a school in MI. So, what you are saying, is that it is better to leave the gun in the car instead of carrying the firearm in the only way legal to do so because if you do carry the gun in the only way that is legal, then they will make it illegal to carry it. Or are you hinting that there is no reason to carry a gun in a school at all, because we all know shootings never happen in a school....
I'm sorry, that is just not a philosophy that I can embrace. I would rather have an action be illegal (because that can be fought in court) rather than just not engaging in a legal activity for fear the government will make it illegal if I do it.
I think I made myself pretty clear, continue to open carry in a school and sooner or later they’ll ban it.
I think I made myself pretty clear, continue to open carry in a school and sooner or later they’ll ban it.
Knock yourself out.
So to take your reasoning to its logical conclusion, continue to open carry, period, and sooner or later they will ban it. And then on to concealed carry, etc.
But, in this instance, concealed carry is already banned - so not even the lame excuse that "you open carriers will get our concealed carry privileges taken away" holds water.
What difference would it make if they ban it or not if we are just supposed to leave the gun in our car to prevent the ban? Or is it better for those that would forget, "Oh, geez, would you look at that, I have this openly carried gun here on my belt that I forgot about."
So to take your reasoning to its logical conclusion, continue to open carry, period, and sooner or later they will ban it. And then on to concealed carry, etc. Basically, I can take your argument and apply it to any of a number of Constitutional rights. So you would have us cease to exercise ANY of our rights that libs find objectionable, on the premise that such exercise will eventually lead to the banishment of the right. BTW, the OC fight is the fight that is being waged where I live in W. MI, and there are many on the other side who make the same argument that you make here. People find OC objectionable, so those who exercise it should stop carrying or be faced with being labeled as troublemakers or agitators.
What, exactly, are you doing on this forum?
It's been a while, but I think it's time.....
Navy you are more hard headed than I am in dealing with the CC only crowd. But since he didn't seem to understand boxxy, maybe he will get this golden oldie:
Keep movin', movin', movin',
Though they're disapprovin',
Keep them doggies movin' Rawhide!
Don't try to understand 'em,
Just rope and throw and grab 'em,
Soon we'll be living high and wide.
Boy my heart's calculatin'
My true love will be waitin', be waiting at the end of my ride.
...
this woman needs some serious help.
Originally posted by Eidolon
Right or wrong this is only going to end one way, one too many people is going to push the envelope and they’ll pass a law banning open carry on school property. I don’t object to open carry but I don’t think it’s the best choice every time. If you know doing it is going to cause a **** storm maybe you need to conceal. Unless of course you’re trying to stir up the ****, whichleads back to my original statement.
Originally Posted by NYwill15 View Post
So open carrying in a school ? Well, sometimes just because you can doesn't mean you should. Have some discretion.
Ferris State University cancelled all their activities and sporting events because of a single shooting OFF CAMPUS. Overreact much?
I figure if they're that upset about it they can try to change the law. But as long as its legal there's really no issue and the critics should either quiet down or do something about it.
Fed courts keep contradicting themselves too. Seems to be based on geographic location... NE = antigun rulings.They HAVE tried to change the law - we have been successful in holding them off so far. That's why Obama is going to rely on executive orders to do as much as he can, and rely on stacking the courts with his appointees to do the rest - although, in all fairness, the judge who ruled Connecticut's vaguely written gun control law constitutional was appointed by George HW Bush.
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