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Michigan Dad Decides to Open Carry .45-Cal. Handgun at His Daughter’s School to Make a Point: ‘Notice the Lack of Pandemonium From the Gun’
May. 1, 2013 4:37pm Jason Howerton

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Seeking to make a point about firearms, a Michigan man decided to open carry his .45-cal. handgun at his daughter’s school and later uploaded the footage to YouTube. The father says he made sure to first notify the school, the Michigan State Police, the county sheriff and other local law enforcement officials that he would be exercising his right to carry a gun.

“Decided to exercise my rights to carry a gun. In a school. As many of you know, federal law prohibits civilians (me) from carrying a gun near a school unless licensed by their state. As a CPL holder I am licensed,” the man wrote in the YouTube video description. “I want to exercise my rights, but not endanger myself or the rights of others while doing it.”

The man also urges others not to attempt to carry a firearm on school grounds without knowing all applicable laws, which vary in different states and counties. It is unclear when the video was recorded, but it was uploaded to YouTube on April 25, 2013.

A woman, who the video claims is a sheriff’s deputy, can be heard expressing concerns about kids seeing the firearm and becoming alarmed. “Obviously, you and I know I can’t stop you…I hope you realize what this is going to do to all those kids down there.”

“The kids will be alright,” the man replies.

The video later shows the man standing in a school hallway with his .45-cal. handgun strapped on his hip. According to the father, his daughter and other students didn’t even seem to notice he was armed.

“Notice the lack of pandemonium from the gun,” the caption in the video reads as children enjoy a book fair.
Michigan Dad Decides to Open Carry .45 Cal. Handgun at His Daughters School to Make a Point

(YouTube)

The rest of the man’s trip to the school was seemingly incident free. He later had a conversation with the deputy about Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder recently vetoing a bill that would have permitted citizens with extra training to carry concealed weapons.

“To be honest with you, that would be better,” the woman identified as a deputy says, talking about concealed carry.

“I am not in handcuffs,” the father says in the video as he makes his way to his car. “How about that? Exercise your rights.”
He may have avoided getting in trouble with the law, however, the man does note in the video that his wife was not happy with him over the stunt.
Watch the video below:
What do you think of the father’s decision to open carry a firearm at his daughter’s school – a reasonable way to exercise his Second Amendment rights or irresponsible?
TheBlaze has reached out to the man who uploaded the video to YouTube.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...-notice-the-lack-of-pandemonium-from-the-gun/
 

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It is not the same if you tell everybody and their brother you are going to do something. It would generally be the adults at the school that would notice first since most of the kids would be in class. His experiment was flawed. Try doing it without telling everyone and see what happens.
 

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It is not the same if you tell everybody and their brother you are going to do something. It would generally be the adults at the school that would notice first since most of the kids would be in class. His experiment was flawed. Try doing it without telling everyone and see what happens.
Agreed. It doesn't count if you hedge your bets.
 

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It is good because he demonstrated a gun is a useful tool in the hands of good people. This strikes at the heart of the anti-gun propaganda the lefties are pushing in our schools, that guns are evil and the mere presence of a gun is highly undesirable.

It used to be funny when one saw a liberal go into conniptions at the sight of a gun, but it is not so funny any more....if we let this nonsense go on, the lefties will have won, and the next generation will beg to be disarmed!

We need to win this cultural war! IMHO, taking kids out to shoot and showing them gun safety is a great way to start!
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Meh. I'm not a fan of conflict baiting. I'm especially not a fan of "proving points" like these with kids around. Go convince a few thousand people to think the same as you and then take everyone to the polls and vote.
 

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