Israeli's do it right.
Posted on 01/29/2013 11:46:30 AM PST by 1912comeback
Charlottesville police say the man who showed up at a Kroger grocery store with a loaded gun wanted to make a point. On Sunday, an unidentified 22-year-old man carried a loaded AR-15 into the Kroger store on Emmet Street and Hydraulic Road, sparking not only a scare for customers and employees but also a 2nd Amendment debate.
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Saw “NBC” and left.
“Charlottesville police drew their guns on the man after witnesses reported he brought a gun into the store. They restrained the man to ask him questions, but released him after they confirmed he is not a convicted felon, owned the gun legally and it was not concealed. “
In other words, much ado about nothing... as usual,.
All he did was demonstrate what a bunch of pussies society has become.
He is very lucky and very foolish. If someone in my presence walked into a store with an uncased rifle, I personally would have the safety off and be ready to draw and fire the second he gave indications of even thinking about shouldering the weapon. I would err on the side of saving myself and other patrons in making the decision.
He had a note in his pocket in case he was shot?
He was prepared to make a statement with a note if the police shot him?
Was he trying to provoke people?
Did he explain to anyone his reasoning or just walk around the store in a creepy way?
I’m completely pro-gun but I wouldn’t walk into Target or Walmart with a shotgun slung over my shoulder.
Now, carry concealed? Heh, no comment.
Homosexuals across the nation have PARADES in which they make out and march to celebrate how they HAVE SEX! What normal, God-fearing society accepts this as normal? Yet, they push it as "normal and natural," while it's anything but.
I've said this a dozen times now, WE NEED TO NORMALIZE OPEN CARRY! It needs to be out in the open, in-you-face, and out there for every American, be they a gun owner or not, to see and to understand. NOT EVERYONE WITH A GUN IS GOING TO COMMIT A MASSACRE!
From the article:
"If you go and carry concealed, carry concealed and don't let nobody know it. If you go and carry open, respect the rights of others," he said.
If you carry openly, how the Hell are you supposed to "respect the rights of others?" And what rights are they supposed to respect? What RIGHT, what God-given, fully-affirmed RIGHT did this young man violate for which he was not arrested? He was allowed to go on his way after it was determined he was legally allowed to carry the weapon, it was his weapon, he wasn't a felon, and it wasn't concealed. Yet, he freaked out a bunch of hoplophobic idiots in a Kroger.
Support Open Carry and Carry Open if your state allows it. Florida is one of the few that expressly forbids it, but you can bet your bottom dollar that I'll be carrying an AK over my shoulder when it does become legal.
So what do people think, that when someone walks into a store like that, that are instincts would be that “oh he’s cool”?
Hell no! He is lucky a thinking gun owner didn’t blow his head off.
Saw a hot chick on a bicycle stopped at a light in downtown Medford, OR, with a pink-stocked AR-15 slung over her shoulder.
:-)
Israeli's do it right.
Damn straight. Raised rural I was taught that a gun came out only when you either transporting it or planning to do business with it. You do not brandish it around in a store to ‘prove a point’. You may end up proving a different point than you intended.
This would not be so unusual around here (rural southern Arizona). My reaction would be to ask him what variety of weapon he had and how he liked it. Heck, might even invite him out to our place (on working cattle ranch) for some shooting followed by some homebrew. Too many folks are unused to seeing armed civilians it seems.
Trigger happy ninnies like you will probably do more harm to our RKBA than the OC guys will.
This would not be so unusual around here (rural southern Arizona). My reaction would be to ask him what variety of weapon he had and how he liked it. Heck, might even invite him out to our place (on working cattle ranch) for some shooting followed by some homebrew. Too many folks are unused to seeing armed civilians it seems.
A “debate”? Brandishing a weapon in a public place for no apparent reason is a “Second Amendment debate”?
What. Evah.
We used to walk around with them strapped to our hips and hanging from saddle scabbards.
Scared sheep from a slung rifle are idiots.
We don’t have open carry in Texas. If that guy came in my Kroger with a loaded AR 15, someone would shoot him dead with their concealed gun.
If we ever have open carry, that AR 15 should be in carry position with shoulder strap. I don’t know if this guy in that Kroger had it in carry position.
I'm with Trod Upon on this one. My hand would be on my carry and if bozo the "statement maker" shouldered that AR, I'd be forced to make a statement of my own. If he doesn't shoulder it, I'm fine with just keeping my eye on him ... if he does, he's won a Darwin Award®
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