Open Carry - I did smile when I read this - Granite Grok

Open Carry – I did smile when I read this

holstered-gun1From Bearing Arms comes this story (go there to watch the video):

Open carry has been getting tons of bad press over the past year or so, largely thanks to long gun open carry activists in Texas who have no idea how to successfully wage a public relations campaign. [Actually, they are idiots in some cases  -Skip] There are, however, open carry groups who are doing a really good job of normalizing open carry, by showing that open carriers are normal people who just happen to be open carrying a firearm. The group in this video is one of those groups.

We can choose to disagree on whether or not open carry is a good decision from the tactical and/or political perspectives, but one thing is for certain: this kind of open carry demonstration isn’t going to be fodder for gun control groups. It is, in fact, the kind of open carry normalization that they hope no one ever sees.

Heh!  I do know, that there is a small group of folks (guys and calls) that around 11:30am or so on most Saturdays, walk the Main Street of Concord  that are open (and some, concealed) carry to get some lunch, then walk calmly back to their cars.  Nothing out of the ordinary, noting “in your face”, nothing “flauntingly” in attitude – just a small group of folks looking to chow down a few chili dogs.  Has the media screamed an alarm?  Has the police surrounded them?  Has the populace run in screaming fear?

Nope – no problems.  See: NORMAL!

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