[Yo-Yo]

It is interesting that he is against open carry. Why would he be against that?

I do not agree, but this is the author's reasoning:

The last compromise gun advocates should make is based on the words of that conservative hero, Ronald Reagan: “There is no reason why on the street today a citizen should be carrying a loaded weapon.” In his statement, issued as governor in May 1967, Reagan was referring to members of the Black Panther Party—Second Amendment absolutists—who walked into the California State House openly carrying rifles to protest a gun control bill.

Reagan’s statement—directed at those Black Panthers publicly brandishing their weapons—should be no different when applied to gun zealots walking through a Chili’s restaurant in San Antonio carrying long guns. Or the buffoon with an AR-15 loaded with a 100-round drum who last month walked around an Atlanta airport. Or the nitwit in Gulfport, Mississippi, who menaced shoppers at a Wal-Mart by loading and racking shells into a shotgun a few weeks ago, forcing an evacuation of the store. In all of these states, that near-sociopathic behavior was legal. But how can anyone tell whether these nincompoops parading around with their guns on display are merely acting like a 4-year-old proudly showing everyone his penis or constitute a deadly menace? Ask someone at the posh Omni Austin Hotel in Texas; earlier this month, a man walked around the lobby with a rifle, legally scaring people. Then he shot and killed someone.

[marktwain]

In other words, he deliberately conflates open carrying with brandishing, uses sexual innuendo, and does not have a real argument, other than he does not like it.

Yes, the Black Panthers *brandished* their guns. It was a marvellous act of Alynski tactics, to push the legislature to pass more *gun control*.

It is hard to believe that the Panthers intended any other outcome, no matter how much they claim otherwise.

[WayneS]

Just because Ronald Reagan said it does not mske it the gospel truth.

He was wrong.

Everyone is wrong sometimes.

[marktwain]

The shooting at the Austin hotel seems to have nothing to do with open carry, other than the person doing the shooting was carrying the gun openly when he committed the crime.

He is just doing agitprop, there are so few examples of people openly carrying before committing crimes, that he has to make stuff up. Openly carrying a gun while committing murder or robbery is already illegal...

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/gunman-killed-police-swanky-texas-hotel-cops-article-1.2282374

The shooting in Austin occurred before 5 a.m. in the hotel lobby.