No matter what you do, someone somewhere will always be frightened or alarmed at even the tiniest thought of firearms. Some people cannot fathom even being in the same room or even city block where a firearm is present.cb1000rider wrote:I agree with 2/3 of this.Cedar Park Dad wrote: Agreed. Its absolutely peaceful, nonalarming, and in line with time honored traditions of protest.
The "non-alarming" part gets me.... Look, if you schedule a protest, carry signs, and do it in a place where like the capital where you'd expect to see political speech, some people are going to be "alarmed" at the sight of firearms.
People that do things to intentionally alarm are doing it wrong. It's all that space in between that causes difficulty. And the fact that things that alarm you may or may not alarm me at all.
There certainly are some people that want the in-your-face conflict. And many of them are baiting law enforcement. Law enforcement needs to not take the bait, unless a real law is broken.
The rabid antis including MOST of the so called media know this and use it to their advantsge. Along with this fact, it is the frightened wee wee ninnies that garner all of the attention even when firearms are portrayed in a positive manner.
I am not excusing the OC actors. I do understand what they are trying to do. I do think it can be accomplished through more measured and calculated actions, but to think that it can be done without alarming anyone is naive.
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