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GrillKing wrote:Brady style??

"Open carrying guns is okay in other states but Texas is different."

"If we let Texans open carry guns there will be blood in the streets when fights escalate."

"I don't need to open carry a gun so nobody needs to open carry a gun."

"If you open carry a gun the criminal will take it away and shoot you with it."

"Open carry is okay for the police and military but not the common people."

"Open carry is okay for security guards but not the common people."

"If we let Texans open carry guns it will be like the WILD WEST!"

Douva wrote:So, you're saying that people who support open carry should refuse to call or write on behalf of two other bills they presumably support, unless the people who support those two bills but don't support open carry agree to call and write on behalf of open carry anyway?

No. You're saying that.

I'm saying that people should call or write on behalf of the bills they support. But not lift a finger if they're neutral on a bill, unless there's 2-way cooperation. The parking lot bill does nothing for me. The campus carry bill does nothing for me. Open carry would be useful sometimes. But if other gun owners are not willing to help me, why should I lift a finger to help them?

In fact, the Brady-style emotions against keeping and bearing arms openly has convinced me to make a few calls in support of the property rights of employers.

Doesn't that work both ways? I'm not defending the OCD leadership who shot themselves in the foot but what about the common man who wants to carry openly when he's in the boonies? He didn't attack progun politicians and doesn't make fun of people who want to carry on campus or leave a gun in their car at work but other gun owners can make fun of his viewpoint? I see lots of people here attacking open carry using the same tactics as the Brady bunch and that behavior is as unproductive as the OCD people bashing progun politicians.

Why should he call or write to support campus carry when there's no quid pro quo?

Why should he call or write to support parking lot carry when there's no quid pro quo? Especially when that law only benefits people who choose to work for antigun companies?