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A gun on his hip
Milwaukee J-S ^ | 21 june 2014 | James Causey

Posted on 06/21/2014 5:07:54 AM PDT by rellimpank

Dan Sajdowitz carries his .40-caliber Walther on his hip because you never know what danger may lie just ahead.

His sidearm deters would-be criminals, he believes, although he says he has no proof of that. Sajdowitz, 39, has carried a gun openly and concealed for nearly four years; he has yet to pull his weapon in self-defense. He hopes he never has to, but if he does he will be ready.

Sajdowitz let me tag along with him recently as he open carried on the Milwaukee's south side. He told me before we left that I probably would get more "looks" as a "big, black guy with dreadlocks" than he would as a white guy with a gun on his hip. Sadly, he was right.

He took me to Home Depot, Petco, Pick 'n Save and a gas station. We walked past a police squad as we walked into Petco but were not questioned. Sajdowitz said he is hardly ever questioned and draws very few stares even when he goes to the movies with his girlfriend. He open carried when he went to see "Godzilla."

When he parked at Home Depot and got out of his Chevrolet pickup, I walked behind Sajdowitz to see if any of the workers or shoppers paid attention to the firearm. Most people appeared not to notice, and when a worker helped him to pick out an electric saw, he didn't appear to be alarmed.

"I think most people like to know that there is extra protection around, so they don't mind," he said. "Sometimes you get a look, but if you don't act like it's a big deal, then they don't act like it's a big deal, either."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
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1 posted on 06/21/2014 5:07:54 AM PDT by rellimpank
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To: afraidfortherepublic

—ping—

—will be my last post for the month from the J-S—up to my limit and won’t subscribe-—


2 posted on 06/21/2014 5:12:26 AM PDT by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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To: rellimpank
—will be my last post for the month from the J-S—up to my limit and won’t subscribe-—

You need to delete your JSOnline browser cookie. Then you get 10 more free articles.

3 posted on 06/21/2014 5:15:52 AM PDT by Senator_Blutarski
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To: rellimpank
His sidearm deters would-be criminals, he believes, although he says he has no proof of that.

What a telling comment there on the end. The same people who appear to be scared into wetting themselves at the sight of a free person carrying a firearm, don't readily accept that it deters criminals. I guess they are just lesser people.

4 posted on 06/21/2014 5:23:49 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: rellimpank; Norm Lenhart; TADSLOS; TheOldLady
It was early in the morning when he rode into the town

He came riding from the south side slowly lookin' all around

He's an outlaw loose and running came the whisper from each lip

And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip

Big Iron on his Hip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QatzAo_I0aI

5 posted on 06/21/2014 5:24:31 AM PDT by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
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To: rellimpank
We walked past a police squad as we walked into Petco but were not questioned.

Like, OMG, I'm like OMG, there's like, OMG, police and no SWAT teams
and Helocopters, like, OMG.

6 posted on 06/21/2014 5:30:01 AM PDT by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: MaxMax

There are places here in Michigan (Ann Arbor and Kalamazoo) where police will get so many panicked calls that they pretty much have to check an open carrier out but most places nobody notices.

The crazy thing is that open carry has always been legal in Michigan with concealed handgun carry being illegal till a few years ago. We’re getting back to the way things were in the pre Clinton gun panic era.


7 posted on 06/21/2014 5:38:19 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: SampleMan; rellimpank; KC_Lion

Hoplophobia is just pitiful. It was created and fomented by the Jim Brady bunch, and it is one of the many pebbles placed in the shoes of
the American people for the sake of disarming us all and exterminating those who are not enthusiastic about creating a communist utopia.


8 posted on 06/21/2014 5:51:12 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: rellimpank

Sounds about right. I’ve been open carrying for...a long time. Most people don’t notice. Most who do notice don’t care or assume you’re a cop. Those very few who do comment are usually more curious about the legalities than anything.


9 posted on 06/21/2014 5:51:38 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Be a part of the American freedom migration: freestateproject.org)
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To: rellimpank
Thanks rell--

"His sidearm deters would-be criminals, he believes, although he says he has no proof of that:

I worked in a bad neighborhood for several years. When one afternoon two dirty looking white boys took offense at my driving.

They were yelling and gesturing at me to pull over for a beating when I reached under the car seat, as they were watching. Suddenly their demeanor changed and they turned at the next light.

So I have no 'proof' they were deterred....except thbis story and that I'm here to tell it.

10 posted on 06/21/2014 5:54:53 AM PDT by virgil283 (GOD loves you...'He's not mad....He's not even in a bad mood'...)
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To: KC_Lion; Norm Lenhart

I’ll never hear that Marty Robbins song again without stirring up an image of the Courier walking the Nevada wasteland.


11 posted on 06/21/2014 5:56:34 AM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: KC_Lion

Good vid. Thanks for posting.


12 posted on 06/21/2014 5:57:02 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Be a part of the American freedom migration: freestateproject.org)
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To: SampleMan

bttt!


13 posted on 06/21/2014 5:57:42 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: rellimpank; SampleMan; KC_Lion; MaxMax; cripplecreek; TheOldLady; RKBA Democrat; virgil283

Great post! I am a more comfortable with concealed carry, but I live in a poor-to-middle class mostly black neighborhood which is strongly leftist. I suspect that if residents saw somebody with a gun around here they would automatically assume you were up to no good. Unfortunately, that would not be an altogether incorrect assumption based upon past experience in this area.

Nevertheless, I have nothing personally against open carry by citizens. I just think some folks would have a larger learning curve in getting used to it.


14 posted on 06/21/2014 6:33:29 AM PDT by Q-ManRN (Progressivism is regressive!)
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To: Q-ManRN

Now that you mention it, the few comments I do get are usually from blacks. Always positive though; typical question is what kind of license would they need to open carry? Here in VA the answer is they don’t need one at all.


15 posted on 06/21/2014 6:37:28 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Be a part of the American freedom migration: freestateproject.org)
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To: RKBA Democrat

That is encouraging! That is the beauty of true open carry is that you get rid of all that beauracratic licensing & fees.


16 posted on 06/21/2014 6:50:14 AM PDT by Q-ManRN (Progressivism is regressive!)
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To: Senator_Blutarski

—thanks—tried eliminating a whole bunch of cookies and it didn’t work-—


17 posted on 06/21/2014 6:53:59 AM PDT by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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--"Sajdowitz let me tag along with him recently as he open carried on the Milwaukee's south side. He told me before we left that I probably would get more "looks" as a "big, black guy with dreadlocks" than he would as a white guy with a gun on his hip. Sadly, he was right."--

--one of the key paragraphs, IMHO--

18 posted on 06/21/2014 6:56:59 AM PDT by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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To: KC_Lion

I was just thinking of that song, when I read the headline ;)

Thanks for posting the vid link.


19 posted on 06/21/2014 6:57:08 AM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: Q-ManRN

About 4 months ago I saw something I had never seen before: a black man open carrying.

Made my day.


20 posted on 06/21/2014 7:24:49 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Be a part of the American freedom migration: freestateproject.org)
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