The facts are that protecting and exercising are two different and individual actions and that to argue that not exercising = not protecting is banal and simplistic...By not talking loudly, constantly on my cell phone am i weakening my 1st Amendment rights ?
In the case of open carry, exercising it in a obnoxious way may well be counterproductive to the point that if Starbucks feels it's damaging their business they'll be compelled to ban it on their premises. The fact that the have not caved in to pressure from the Brady idiots is, in this day and age, surprising and admirable. As posted earlier, time to move on from Starbucks.
Well said. I think that for some here who feel that OC anytime anywhere is perfectly fine forget that there is significant potential to backfire and have the absolute opposite effect of strengthening the right.
There is a time and place for everything. Just because you can fart in church doesn't mean that you should.