Open Carry Incident - Vincennes

[ru44mag]

How about one of these bad boys?

There might be some ice on the sidewalk on your way out.

Gotta holster for that? Will that be OC or CC?

 

[88GT]

Routinely? Doubtful but I'm not really concerned with backwards "other," societies.

Just saving this for posterity. Something tells me the time will come when you will contradict your standards here.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Just saving this for posterity. Something tells me the time will come when you will contradict your standards here.

Good luck with that, I don't concern myself with foreign standards and their application on domestic issues.

 

[88GT]

Good luck with that, I don't concern myself with foreign standards and their application on domestic issues.

It's not your position on the affairs of backward, "other" societies where I think you will fall.

 

[Kutnupe14]

It's not your position on the affairs of backward, "other" societies where I think you will fall.

Well, be vigilant, and call me out on it when it occurs...

 

[jrogers]

If the rifle is slung properly and they are not handling it, I don't care.

I knew I could count on someone to come out in support of drunkenly carrying a rifle in public. Just actually don't do it, please. We gun owners have enough people making us look dangerous and irresponsible as it is.

Let's list stuff that people wouldn't carry into a McDonalds.

Anything at all, because going into McDonald's in the first place is a losing strategy.

 

[Opie]

Just because something is legal does not mean it's smart. The fact of the matter is you could have protected yourself and everyone else in that restaurant from danger while carrying concealed.

All this stuff is going to do is get a ban pushed through. Society is on the fence, and as much as I hate it there are more liberals than true conservatives right now in this county. Stunts like this will push the fence riders over the edge, and not in our direction.

There is a big difference between legal and socially acceptable. If we keep doing things that are socially unacceptable to the voting public they will become illegal. That's just the way it works.

 

[KG1]

Is this thread still open? I would like to comment in it.

 

[Lectric102002]

Is this thread still open? I would like to comment in it.

I can't believe it spawned 105 pages already.

 

[churchmouse]

Holy Crap batman........is this thing coming back to life again.

 

[ATM]

Just because something is legal does not mean it's smart. The fact of the matter is you could have protected yourself and everyone else in that restaurant from danger while carrying concealed.

Wait. Just because carrying concealed is legal does not mean it's smart. The fact of the matter is he could have protected himself and everyone else in that restaurant from danger while carrying exactly the way he did.

All this stuff is going to do is get a ban pushed through. Society is on the fence, and as much as I hate it there are more liberals than true conservatives right now in this county. Stunts like this will push the fence riders over the edge, and not in our direction.

So simply exercising one's rights is a "stunt" and society will ban it if we don't stop doing it? If we can't do it freely, what sort of right would you consider it now?

There is a big difference between legal and socially acceptable. If we keep doing things that are socially unacceptable to the voting public they will become illegal. That's just the way it works.

You contradict yourself. If the voting public so easily makes socially unacceptable things illegal (and if that's really the way it works), then why this big difference you speak of? "Legal" and "socially acceptable" would be synonymous, not different.

 

[Whosyer]

Will this post get it to 106 pages?

 

[ATM]

Will this post get it to 106 pages?

Perhaps if you'd been quicker.

 

[stephen87]

Not this **** again.

Just because something is legal does not mean it's smart. The fact of the matter is you could have protected yourself and everyone else in that restaurant from danger while carrying concealed.

Just because you disagree with something, does NOT mean it's not smart. The fact of the matter is, he COULD have protected himself and everyone else in that restaurant while carrying just the way he was. The fact that you failed to read the ENTIRE thread and failed to realize that he does NOT own a handgun means that you need to rethink your argument. Have you tried to conceal an AR? It's not easy. By the way, I open carry. Does this mean I'm not smart?

All this stuff is going to do is get a ban pushed through. Society is on the fence, and as much as I hate it there are more liberals than true conservatives right now in this county. Stunts like this will push the fence riders over the edge, and not in our direction.

All this stuff likely will not get a ban pushed through. In case you haven't noticed, Indiana is headed the opposite direction that you apparent hoplophobes are arguing. Yeah, I said it. You guys act like you're afraid to see someone else with a firearm. Especially one bigger than yours. Or someone that is not afraid to push the envelope a little bit and NOT conceal. We don't need conservatives, we don't need liberals. We need people who are NOT afraid to stand up and address the issues at hand. Send letters and let them know your stance. They listen.

There is a big difference between legal and socially acceptable. If we keep doing things that are socially unacceptable to the voting public they will become illegal. That's just the way it works.

There is a big difference between legal, socially acceptable, and "I'm going to tell you that it's wrong because I won't do it." If we keep letting society dictate what we do, we will lose our rights one by one. First, they don't agree with your guns. Bye bye. Then they don't agree with you speaking out. Bye bye. Then they don't like your religion. See where I'm going with this? You are letting society dictate what you do, and that's not the way it should be.

 

[Whosyer]

Perhaps if you'd been quicker.

Missed it by that much.

 

[CathyInBlue]

OCing a pistol is OK, but carrying a long gun is not.

leads to

CCing a pistol is OK, but OCing a pistol is not.

leads to

CCing a knife is OK, but CCing a pistol is not.

leads to

CCing a stun gun is OK, but CCing a knife is not.

leads to

CCing OC/pepper spreay is OK, but CCing a stun gun is not.

leads to

CCing a kubaton is OK, but CCing pepper spray is not.

leads to

Learning an open handed martial art is okay, but CCing a kubaton is not.

leads to

Fully submitting to any coercive force is mandatory, learning any martial art or having the slightest spirit of rebellion is verbotten.

Nip it in the bud and demand public and LEO respect for legal public carrying of long guns and OCing of hand guns.

 

[bwframe]

Is the OP the only one who knows anyone that's actually carried their rifle through a restaurant meal?
I mean, separate from the Starbucks day that got us asked to leave our guns outside.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Is the OP the only one who knows anyone that's actually carried their rifle through a restaurant meal?
I mean, separate from the Starbucks day that got us asked to leave our guns outside.

There's a vid of a guy at a Wal-mart and a group at a Cracker B., both were asked to leave.

 

[WestSider]

Love ya, man...
BUT,
I feel compelled to reiterate my feelings on the matter.
People strapping on AR's and AK's and eating in restaurants to make a point will only have a long term result in laws being passed that further limit our freedoms.
IMHO

This. Our pride is going to be our downfall. I just don't see the point in this at all. Just because something is legal doesn't make it a smart thing to do.

 

[churchmouse]

To those who feel it is their right so just do it and others be damned. Simple point,

You are in a restaurant with your kids...a group of questionable sexuality (males) enters wearing pink ultra hot-pants showing a lot of the lower unit and frontal package, pink wife beaters and the rest of the uniform and acting the part. Openly kissing and such.

Would this offend you????

It would me.

Is it their right to act and dress in this fashion....yes it is.

Is it the correct thing to do in a family setting....no it is not.

Would you get up and leave....start a thread complaining of the rude behavior...complain to management...call LEO???

My simple point is as stated way back in the thread, just because it is legal and you can does not make it the right thing to do.

Time and a place for everything.

I have on flame retardant clothing so blast away.