03Lightningrocks wrote:A guy walking down the street in a place where it is not a common sight would seem to be enough reason to stop a person and question them. Can anyone imagine the backlash against firearms ownership if it turned out the person was headed down to the local elementary school to take out a few dozen children and word got out that the cops didn't ask the guy questions because he was well within his rights to carry a gun down the street? I bet it wouldn't take three months for the right to open carry a long gun to disappear in every state in this country. Why can't the right to open carry a long gun down the street be utilized in case it is needed? Why is it necessary to use it as a way of getting attention? Live in a vacuum if you wish but believe me when I tell you that the majority of Americans in this country who are pro RKBA are not pro reckless abandonment to keep that right. A schoolyard full of dead kids and a report that a cop just let it happen, is just what it takes to cause people to give in to "common sense" gun laws.
