[marktwain]

It is now known that Dmitriy posed no threat and was open carrying the rifle. It was not pointed at anyone, nor was any threat verbalized.

It was the manager that caused a panic by ordering an alarm pulled.

[marktwain]

 Link to video

[HighSierra5]

Normally this guy may not have been a threat,I guess. But right after a shooting in a charged atmosphere,not a very bright idea.

[Artemis Webb]

From a column I read on this a few days ago:

“Anyone who is exercising their Second Amendment rights on the basis of MUAH RAHTS!!!!!!” and in such a way that the actual and reasonably foreseeable effect is to undermine generalized political support for the Second Amendment is no genuine friend of the Second Amendment. They are, rather, engaged in self-serving, attention-grabbing behavior that is detrimental to the Second Amendment. They are no ally of the Second Amendment, and no friend of mine.”

[Responsibility2nd]

Using and abusing the second amendment in this way is foolish and counterproductive. This fool was an attention whore. What next? Yelling “fire” in a crowded theater?

One actually has a constitutional right to stomp on the US flag. Does that strengthen our rights?

[_Jim]

Understand his wife ADVISED AGAINST doing this ... who wears the common sense in that family?

[familyop]

But you can tell by his actions, though, that he would shoot his gun if given the chance. ;-)

[IamConservative]

Open carry is legal in many states, including mine. It is not practical in todays society to open carry in public places. It is also not required when conceal carry will do just fine. Open carry in public will get you a disturbing the peace charge at best, shot by overzealous city police at worst.

[thoughtomator]

I see people open carrying both pistols and rifles on a regular basis and not once have I ever felt the slightest fear they would go postal.

[South Dakota]

I love great theater.
A double blind act.
A perfect reaction by the store manager.

All the people played their parts well.

Now a person open carrying can expect to be challenged in reality

[familyop]

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[P-Marlowe]

The guy is a buffoon and an idiot. Given what had just happened in El Paso, he’s lucky he wasn’t taken out by Wal Mart Security before he got past the greeter. He didn’t help his cause. There are gun nuts out there. He is one of them.

[Egon]

Just because you can do a thing, doesn’t mean you should.

This guy did us no favors with this self-aggrandizing stunt.

[mosaicwolf]

Dmitriy was carrying his rifle because of all the idiots that are potential threats these days. Nothing wrong with wanting to protect himself and possibly other innocent folks. Good for you Dmitriy. I carry a hand gun in Walmart but considering the bad actors may be armed with an AR/AK maybe we should reconsider the choice of defensive weapons.

[familyop]

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[i_robot73]

>
It is now known that Dmitriy posed no threat and was open carrying the rifle. It was not pointed at anyone, nor was any threat verbalized.

It was the manager that caused a panic by ordering an alarm pulled.
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IOW, it was the Mgr. that was ‘screaming fire in a movie theater’.

Course, that point would go over most Leftists’ heads...

So, does he, or the store/insurance, get to pay for the false alarm\police\fire response & Dmitriy’s ‘pain & suffering’??

[McGruff]

What a stupid stunt. He's lucky to still be alive. Fredos like this don't help the lawful gun owners case.

[Sarcasm Factory]

Ugh. This entire affair makes me wince. It would appear that, yes, this fellow was strictly, technically within his legal rights to behave as he did. But the timing of such a political stunt was deeply suboptimal, coming as it did so soon after two massacres by whack jobs. A panicky Walmart manager chose to turn an already iffy situation into a full-out riot of fleeing shoppers.

In the absence of any direct indication of intent to murder innocents, killing the man simply for openly carrying a slung rifle where such behavior is legal would itself have been murder. That's clear enough. But would a jury convict someone who had gunned down the young man? Would a prosecutor have even filed charges? These are interesting questions to which I'd rather not have the answers. -_-

Now, we'll discover what happens when a fuzzy charge of "making a terroristic threat" meets a basic civil right. What was that old maxim about hard cases making bad law -- or bad precedents? Nothing good can come out of this. o_o

[Buckeye McFrog]

Honestly, given the fact that a deadly shooting had just occurred at a Walmart, this guy should have switched a few of his brain cells on.

He’s sort of lucky a SWAT team did not take him down with a head shot.

[Openurmind]

So I am curious what the politically correct term of mourning after a shooting happens to be before it is acceptable to open carry again?

[DesertRhino]

He’s an idiot. and jackassery like this will only help them pass a law banning ARs