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by nightmare69
Mon Apr 28, 2014 8:01 pm
Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
Topic: Arlington City Council Could Ban Weapons
Replies: 64
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Re: Arlington City Council Could Ban Weapons

SewTexas wrote:
The Annoyed Man wrote: THAT is the effect that these OC long gun demonstrations have on even people who might be erstwhile friends of the 2nd amendment. When I asked him at church today what his major objection was, he said "It's just too much "in your face", and I don't like it."

You could argue that his fear is irrational, but that is actually irrelevant because he is a college educated conservative who votes, and he would support passage of a law which does exactly the opposite of what the demonstrators intended. It alienated him. And that is somebody who is an erstwhile lukewarm ally, and at worst neutral. Imagine someone who is lukewarm against, or an outright enemy of the 2nd amendment.

Baby steps. It is the only rational way. These in your face protestors are going to destroy the movement.

As I said "don't scare the people"
Problem is the "lone wolf" type OC carry does. Perfect example...This man has the audacity to call himself a Texas patriot. Ill keep what I like to call him to myself.

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by nightmare69
Fri Apr 25, 2014 10:29 am
Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
Topic: Arlington City Council Could Ban Weapons
Replies: 64
Views: 6821

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adric22 wrote:I'm one of those open-carry people. I'm tired of people saying we're going to make things worse. Open carry of rifles and black powder is either legal or it isn't. If a mom has a jar of cookies and tells her child "Technically, you can eat theses cookies. But if you decide to eat one, then I'm going to take the cookies away." Its kind of the same with these laws. If we lose a right by exercising that right then all we will have accomplished is to show we never really had the right to begin with, in which case nothing has really changed other than clarification of the law. So in the worst case scenario, nothing changes at all for CHL carriers. In the best case scenario, we win more rights. What is there to lose?
May lose the right to open carry. Scaring the public is not the way to gain support of lawmakers the ones you need to further the open carry movement. The OC groups who keep using the loophole and open carrying black powder handguns are going to get the law adminded to included all types of firearms reguardless of make, type, or propellant. To get what you want you need the support of the public and lawmakers, the way the OC groups have been going about it is doing nothing but drawing negative attention. Look up the definition of insanity, its time for a different approach.

Even though I have nothing to lose or gain, I would love for open carry to pass and fully support consistutional carry for the public.
by nightmare69
Tue Apr 22, 2014 9:27 pm
Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
Topic: Arlington City Council Could Ban Weapons
Replies: 64
Views: 6821

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What if open carry Texas was sercretly run by Biden, Bloomberg, and Sen. Feinstein with the main objective to create more gun control laws? Even though I'm joking if that was their objective it's working.
by nightmare69
Tue Apr 22, 2014 7:17 pm
Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
Topic: Arlington City Council Could Ban Weapons
Replies: 64
Views: 6821

Re: Arlington City Council Could Ban Weapons

I personally believe they are doing it because they can and could careless what the public or anyone else thinks. They are delusional if they think this is going to shed a positive light on open carry and make it legal in Texas.

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