[marktwain]

Open carry is as much about educating the public and restoring the Constitution as it is about self defense.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Nice little poll there to FReep.....

[GoDuke]

Honestly, if a person walks into a store I’m in with a holstered pistol, I feel safer.

[Red in Blue PA]

Open carry is as much about educating the public and restoring the Constitution as it is about self defense.

Indeed it is! I OC here in PA because we have a lot of NY/NJ transplants who bring their mistaken notions of guns with them.

I mght add one opinion of mine.....if one if going to OC and they are able to......do it with a 1911 versus say a Glock. 1911's have a classy, (relatively) non-threatening look about them. I OC carry in many places and have never been questioned.....however, almost every story I have read about people being questioned, black Glocks were on the hip. Just an observation.

[b cool]

Open carry should not bother anyone, in my opinion. It’s the ugly dudes lurking in the shadows that should be of concern.

[EyeGuy]

“Open carry is as much about educating the public and restoring the Constitution as it is about self defense.”

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Indeed.

Wasn’t that the idea when that guy showed up at a Tea Party gathering with an “assault weapon”?

The ignorant pussies in the elite media wet themselves completely through, at the open display of a Constitutional right.

[marktwain]

A false accusation lead to this man's arrest, if you read the whole story. I wonder what the manager’s motivation was. You have to read the entire story to determine that the open carrier was falsely accused.

[cripplecreek]

I like both open and concealed carry. It keeps the scumbags guessin.

[doodad]

He likes these chances to educate people about a right afforded them 219 years ago

He needs to start with himself, but I applaud his efforts.

[Scotsman will be Free]

“...unlawful carrying or displaying of a firearm “in a manner, under circumstances, and at a time and place that either manifests an intent to intimidate another or that warrants alarm for the safety of other persons.””
What a vague, BS law. Totally subjective as it is based on feelings, not facts.
The only reason this guy is being charged is because he was hauled out of his car at gunpoint and cuffed.

[hoagy62]

Nice to know that not everyone in King County is an anti-gun weenie.

Sounds to me like that manager in the McD’s in Prosser certain IS.

My sister resides in Benton County. Both she and he hubby have guns, although I don’t know if either of them have a CCW. I’ll have to email her and ask.

[CalvaryJohn]

Poll to FReep at source.

[mbynack]

It’s good that folks like him are around to exercise their rights. If you don’t exercise them, they’ll be gone. I wish Florida had an open carry law. It would be nice to not have to dress around my pistol. I would also like to carry my Springfield XDM, but it’s too big to conceal easily.

[buffyt]

You used to have to show your gun, but people wanted to be able to keep a gun in purse or glove compartment, so when they passed the law that you can conceal a gun, they somehow lost the right to show your gun. You used to see pick up trucks with rifle in back window clearly visible.

[sionnsar]

Say WA? Evergreen State ping

Quick link: WA State Board

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Ping sionnsar if you see a Washington state related thread.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Causes a stir, eh? What did the other customers do? Did they go running to management, saying, “Mommy, Mommy, please get rid of that awful man with that big handgun?”