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My take: Wrong venue to try to make that point. A firearm around the Pres. is just not smart, even if legal. You can bet that this guy was in the crosshairs of a Secret Service sharpshooter the whole time. Just carrying, knowing you could never get it out of the holster in that scenario, seems pointless. If he had made a suspicious move while the Pres. was going by--even accidentally--he would have taken a bullet in the chest.
So we're back to whether OC just to make a point is a good idea. I vote no. And in this case, it was stupidly dangerous.
Your right that he wouldn't have been able to get the gun out if he needed to, but was that really the point. He was taking a stand for the 2nd amendment...and he did very well in the video controlling his emotions and speaking like an educated person which I must say would be challenging when being snapped at by Chris on the show about a subject that he obviously felt passionate about. I challenge you to show me a better example of a positive public demonstration of the 2nd amendment in the last 2years. ( It could be older if you like but 2 years seems relevant). I may be ignorant on this, if so I will apologize. So I leave it to you...
I think Wayne LaPierre and a lot of other fine people make the public case regularly and in a more persuasive fashion. This was a reckless act by a man who wanted just to make a point. And being reckless with respect to firearms hurts the gun rights movement.
But as I said, this takes us back to the disagreement over whether OC just to make a point is a good idea. I vote no. I know others disagree.
As I've said elsewhere on this forum, I don't think OC makes the point we gun advocates intend to make. I think among the undecideds it ramps up public opposition to guns generally. But I may be wrong. It'd be interesting to see some empirical study of this: How do people who are neither gun rights advocates nor gun opponents react when they see a person openly carrying? Or in this instance, how do they react when they see a person openly carrying in the vicinity of a presidential visit?
I don't know the answer, but I'm guessing OC pushes more people away than draws them in, especially in this context.
I want to know more about this alleged federal law because quite frankly I've never heard of it. Does anybody know of any such law?He says he was approached by a "detective," possibly a Secret Service Agent, who told him he could be arrested within 1,000 feet of a school with a weapon under a federal law. Kostric moved back to private property.
I want to know more about this alleged federal law because quite frankly I've never heard of it. Does anybody know of any such law?
I'm going to attempt to look this up on google...