OH:Open Carry Walk in Vermilion

Gun Watch ^ | 17 September, 2014 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

Ohio Carry organized another open carry walk on Saturday, the 13 of September.  This was part of their ongoing effort to educate the public about their constitutional rights in Ohio.  Note the completely different image from what the Bloomberg media campaign is trying to craft for open carriers.  From the morningjournal.com in Vermilion:

 In an effort to educate the public and combat stereotypes surrounding gun rights, Ohio Carry’s Northeast and Northwest chapters hosted a joint open carry and firearm education walk in Downtown Vermilion Sept. 13.

Ohio Carry, founded in 2012 as a firerm rights, advocacy and education group, consists of five chapters in Ohio and has hosted walks in Akron, Cleveland and Canton. The group has done around a dozen walks this year, and the most recent in Vermilion was the city’s first.

The group did not shy away from the carry of long guns on the walk in Ohio, but were careful to insure that the rifles were slung and not pointed at anyone.  This is a classic demonstration of strong, political, symbolic speech.

The walk proudly proclaims "I have rights that government may not violate."  "The Constitution means what it says."   "The second amendment is meant as a limitation on the government."  

These types of walks are spreading, from Texas, to Arkansas, to Ohio.  Only in California has the state dared to make them illegal once they started, and that action led to the Peruta decision that requires the state to issue concealed carry permits.   In numerous states, such as Wisconsin, Michigan, Virginia, Ohio, and Arizona, open carry activism preceded the establishment of shall issue concealed carry laws.

This type of activism goes around the tight control on information flow in the old media.   To see how it works, read "Rise of the Anti-Media", a scholarly book by Brian Anse Patrick.

There is video at the morningjournal.com link.

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[marktwain]

This form of strong political speech is protected by both the first and second amendments.

[DollyCali]

I was in Toledo that weekend at a Jazz Festival. Vermillion is nice area. Would have participated if I had known about it n was not prior committed

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

I noted the baby carriage there. It seems to me that this would be a grand exercise for puppies (cute dogs) to come along as well. What other trappings would make it friendly and entertaining?

Balloons? A little low volume John Philip Sousa playing some of his greatest hits? Would it be worth it to have a bicycle with trailer for refreshments?

I am not being sarcastic in the slightest. Little things like these turn a group of people walking into a bit of a parade. Attracts the eye. And, as such, helps to get the point across.

[marktwain]

You make good points. They are good suggestions.

[School of Rational Thought]

High capacity assault baby carriages?