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gringo pistolero wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote:That is why today we have a MLK day and not a Malcolm X day.....because people understand that it was the quiet dignity and tireless efforts, and above all the spiritual anointing that MLK had which gave the civil rights movement its legitimacy.......not because of thoughtless confrontationalism.

Dr. King advocated nonviolence but when somebody says his tactics weren't confrontational, I have to wonder if they weren't alive back then or just weren't paying attention. Protests, rallies, marches, etc. are confrontational, and intentionally so. MLK didn't change society by sitting at home and writing letters.

I was alive and paying a great deal of attention. The marches and rallies as carried out by MLK were not confrontational at all. The attracted attention, but they were not confrontational unless the observers wanted to interpret them as such. Governor Wallace was confrontational, Malcolm X was confrontational, the New Black Panthers are confrontational, in-your-face open-carry folks who invade private businesses with rifles and shotguns in a doomed attempt to obtain a political goal are confrontational.

Chas.

cb1000rider wrote:If the sheeple are freaked out when they see the open carry of a rifle, we either need to change the law so that it's not allowed . . .

This is the second time you're suggested this as one alternative. Just contact your Senator or Representative and ask him/her to file and work hard to pass such a bill. If you don't really view this is an alternative, then please stop suggesting it.

There is no one more pro-gun than am I, but if I'm in a store and someone walks in with a rifle slung over their shoulder, or in a tactical sling as I've seen some people do, then you can bet I'm going to keep an eye on this potential threat. Forty or fifty years ago that may not have been the case, but in the age of mass murders seeking plentiful media coverage, I'm going to be on high alert. If a stranger were to walk up to my front door with a rifle, they'd probably be looking down the barrel of one of mine while waiting for the police.

Open-carry of rifles and shotguns in urban areas isn't about exercising constitutional rights. It's a feeble and counterproductive attempt to pass open-carry of handguns through intimidation. In-your-face tactics don't work and I can't help but believe that people engaging in these antics care more about their personal notoriety than promoting gun rights. Calm, respectful, statesmanlike legislative efforts have proven successful for many years. Results don't came as quickly as most of us would like, but it does work. If fact, it's the only thing that works.

Chas.