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NRA Says It Was A Mistake To Call Texas Open Carry Gun Protesters Weird
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<blockquote data-quote="TallPrairie" data-source="post: 2529149" data-attributes="member: 7815"><p>Pity. I thought NRA pegged it exactly right with their initial public statement -- that they're now walking back.</p><p></p><p>The claim isn't that the open carry of combative long guns in populated areas is never appropriate. But it is weird, and generally socially inappropriate, <u>when in a functioning civil society</u>. Handguns are the normal self-defense arm carried within civil society.</p><p></p><p>Carrying a slung long gun on the street is for when you're patrolling your neighborhood after a Katrina-style social breakdown.</p><p></p><p>Ironically, OCT's frivolous, drama-whoring use of rifle open carry rights in normal times risks leading to a legal backlash that could come back to bite gun owners in case of a Katrina-like event, when toting a slung rifle in certain places could, as I said, be a very relevant and valuable form of bearing arms, for a time, in order to deter trouble.</p><p></p><p>TLDR: Yes, open carry of long guns in public should be legal, because it could be quite valuable in uncommon situations. But OCT's practice of routine long gun open carry at freaking Chipotle or whatever is still weird and socially inappropriate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TallPrairie, post: 2529149, member: 7815"] Pity. I thought NRA pegged it exactly right with their initial public statement -- that they're now walking back. The claim isn't that the open carry of combative long guns in populated areas is never appropriate. But it is weird, and generally socially inappropriate, [U]when in a functioning civil society[/U]. Handguns are the normal self-defense arm carried within civil society. Carrying a slung long gun on the street is for when you're patrolling your neighborhood after a Katrina-style social breakdown. Ironically, OCT's frivolous, drama-whoring use of rifle open carry rights in normal times risks leading to a legal backlash that could come back to bite gun owners in case of a Katrina-like event, when toting a slung rifle in certain places could, as I said, be a very relevant and valuable form of bearing arms, for a time, in order to deter trouble. TLDR: Yes, open carry of long guns in public should be legal, because it could be quite valuable in uncommon situations. But OCT's practice of routine long gun open carry at freaking Chipotle or whatever is still weird and socially inappropriate. [/QUOTE]
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