Anyone going to the Open Carry demonstration in Dallas?

[talisman]

That isn't answering the question. So your answer to a legal question is sticking your fingers in your ears?

My answer is you're asking me a question that doesn't have anything to do with what I'm talking about, and once again just repeating the word Constitution over and over again as if I've made some statement to the legality of what they are doing.

[Forever_frost]

My answer is you're asking me a question that doesn't have anything to do with what I'm talking about, and once again just repeating the word Constitution over and over again as if I've made some statement to the legality of what they are doing.

Actually, it does have something to do with the conversation. If they have the right to open carry and open carry, not only are they not breaking a law, they are acting morally correct as failure to exercise a right is equal to giving that right away.

[talisman]

Actually, it does have something to do with the conversation. If they have the right to open carry and open carry, not only are they not breaking a law, they are acting morally correct as failure to exercise a right is equal to giving that right away.

That's a fantastic bit of perfect world thinking. These idiots don't care about gun rights, it's just what they've found to get some attention. If it wasn't this they'd be jerking themselves off to Blackfish or anything else if they thought they could get some publicity out of it. They're like a bunch of reality TV dipshits without a reality TV show. I'm sure that is probably their endgame.

[line-em-up]

I actually agree 100% with you.

j/k :-)

[David]

Fucking dolts!

[2011GT]

Arizona FTW! Open or conceal your choice. No need for a chl either.

[LS1Goat]

When the civil rights movement was going on, you had a bunch of people view it negatively. "Why do they need to sit in the front?" Because it's their right. Same here. It's a civil right to be armed and if the constitution is incorporated, no state or city may impose any gun legislation infringing n the right to keep and bear arms.

I appreciate the spirit of your argument, but all this does is further reinforce negative stereotypes about gun owners.

[trblshooter]

In case anyone was wondering:

con·sti·tu·tion noun \ˌkän(t)-stə-ˈtü-shən, -ˈtyü-\

: the system of beliefs and laws by which a country, state, or organization is governed

: a document that describes this system

: the physical health and condition of a person or animal


Full Definition of CONSTITUTION


1: an established law or custom : ordinance

2:
a : the physical makeup of the individual especially with respect to the health, strength, and appearance of the body <a hearty constitution>

b : the structure, composition, physical makeup, or nature of something <the constitution of society>

3: the act of establishing, making, or setting up


4 : the mode in which a state or society is organized; especially : the manner in which sovereign power is distributed


5
a : the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it

b : a written instrument embodying the rules of a political or social organization

[Forever_frost]

I appreciate the spirit of your argument, but all this does if further reinforce negative stereotypes about gun owners.

And, like all civil rights, when you actually try to exercise them for the first time, you hear this argument. "Why didn't that old lady just sit at the back of the bus? Hell, why do we need an amendment against quartering troops against your will? You shouldn't mind a search if you have nothing to hide."

All of those are arguments against their perspective civil rights and, had they taken the "I may make others look bad if I exercise this right" theory, no advancement would have been made.

[John -- '02 HAWK]

I just watched channel 5's coverage, as predicted they did nothing productive

[racrguy]

Jim, you can't have incorporation when you want it, and don't when you don't. It either always applies or it never applies.....

[Gasser64]

The problem with this is no one was being persecuted for open carry before they "invented" it into an issue. Now they go around trying to provoke confrontation all the time. One of them is going to end up getting shot. They are causing far more harm to gun rights than they are helping. They look like a bunch of lunatic stumpfucks standing around stroking each other off about how they're such hardcore gaytriots.

Seems more like a backlash agasinst crybabies who have some kind of problem with it. Not saying ill be joining the walk or anything. Just how it comes off to me

[YALE]

And, like all civil rights, when you actually try to exercise them for the first time, you hear this argument. "Why didn't that old lady just sit at the back of the bus? Hell, why do we need an amendment against quartering troops against your will? You shouldn't mind a search if you have nothing to hide."

All of those are arguments against their perspective civil rights and, had they taken the "I may make others look bad if I exercise this right" theory, no advancement would have been made.

You (and they) are not Rosa Parks, and the comparison is an invalid one. She was raising the profile of discriminatory laws and practices, while these tool bags are not being discriminated against in the first place. What's worse about the comparison is, she was polite as can be, as were most other protesters (the lunch counter sit-in crowd is another great example), while these open carry guys are ill-mannered and confrontational. They are going to get the right to open carry long guns taken away. This is exactly what happened in California.

[BMCSean]

I ended up going shooting instead, whoops!

[CexMashean]

I bet Frost was the kind of kid in school who would hold his hand near you while saying "You can't do anything, i'm not touching you, i'm not touching you, i'm not touching you!"