“...which is, “please don’t do anything to offend” “
There are rights and times and places to use those rights. If it’s legal to have sex with an eighteen year old in your area, it’s still probably a bad idea to have it where her father can overhear. It’s legal to carry a metal golf club, but it’s probably a bad idea while standing in a lightning storm. There is a time and a place for everything.
Had I seen this young man walking in to my local Walmart, I might have shot him dead. I carry all the time. So, do, probably, a large percentage of the locals in my rural area.
The point is, there are copycat killers and if he shows all the signs of being one, which this guy did, he runs the risk of getting killed. He showed very poor judgement.
I carry all the time. So, do, probably, a large percentage of the locals in my rural area.
I recommend you stop carrying then. I seriously question your judgement to do so responsibly.
If you "shot him dead" for no other reason than him carrying a slung rifle, you would go to prison for life.
Then I hope that you would be facing life in prison for second degree murder. Absent any threatening move on his part, and there were none by all accounts, you would have shot someone doing nothing illegal.
“Had I seen this young man walking in to my local Walmart, I might have shot him dead.”
You should not be carrying. Ever.
The kid didnt do anything wrong. You need to reread your pocket Constitution.
You are one of the reasons the 2nd Amend exists. To protect our G-d given rights from intrusive, holier than thou busy bodies who “know whats best” for others.
So what you are saying is you have a right to carry your gun but other people cannot carry their rifles? Open carry is open carry! Your right to carry does not supersede another’s right to carry for Pete’s sake! I have a right to raise my American flag but you think it wiser not to if I live in a demonrat city? If I am eating a pork sandwich on a sidewalk cafe and a Muslim walks by, should I hide the sandwich?
We have every GD right to exercise our rights at any time. If there are consequences for doing that then something is very wrong with our society. The rats certainly don’t hesitate to exercise their rights, do they?
What an irresponsible claim to make on a public forum. You should turn in your weapons.
Sobering thoughts. Don't see enough provocation in reports of what could be known at the time.
I might have shot him dead. I carry all the time. //
Pls don’t then