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To: Old_Grouch
I don't consider 27 years old "a kid", and I don't agree with you that people should not open carry where it is legal.

Well, I'm 75, and I consider a 27-year-old a "kid" if he is going around making a big issue of open carrying, and legitimately inviting questions as to his common sense, when a small fee for a PA license, if he is a person not prohibited, will admit one without question to any place where legally allowed open or concealed.

Remember, a CCDW licensee can carry open any place he wishes. But some places are just not practical, convenient, wise, or popularly accepted. Being an agitator on principle may not be helpful to the cause at all.

But "kids" often don't understand that. That's what makes them kids. I respect a person who shows good judgment as not being a kid, whether 16 or 60.

Sometimes I exhibit poor judgment in answering comments on FR just to make a point. Maybe this is one case. But open carry campaigns in this atmosphere, especially at this movie, does not seem to be a wise thing. Flatulence in church, when it slips out inadvertently, is to be forgiven; but when deliberate, in-your-face, and flaunted, is wholly inexcusable.

With respect to those of a different opinion on this -- but I have mine.

21 posted on 07/28/2012 5:39:03 AM PDT by imardmd1 (Be forearmed)
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To: imardmd1

I know some 27 year olds that have served 8 years in the USMC, done 4 tours in Afghanistan and/or Iraq, and are married with multiple children. Are they kids to you?


25 posted on 07/28/2012 6:21:24 AM PDT by EEGator
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