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Wes[_2_] Wes[_2_] is offline
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"Ed Huntress" wrote:

Carrying a slung rifle in a crowd of people is not peaceful under any
circumstances. Its only functional purpose in that situation is to kill.
Since it's highly unlikely it will be used to kill, the only remaining
purpose is an affective one: to intimidate.

That wasn't about "rights." It was about threats.


This was Arizona, it wasn't New Jersey. If it had been viewed by those in power as a
threat, the guy would have been hauled away.

He had legal right to do that in the state he was in.

I think this is a matter of perception. For example in 1996 or so, my brother and I were
breakfasting in a diner in Lajita's, TX. We had to be the only people not carrying arms
in the diner. I felt very safe though a bit under dressed.

Might as well tell you the rest of the story, we were bicycle touring south west Texas,
wearing the typical cycling jersey and lycra shorts. I asked my brother if he felt
underdressed and he looked quizzically at me since were dressed pretty normal for what we
were doing. He asked what did I mean and I pointed out that we seemed to be the only ones
not carrying. My brother, who is not into guns, chuckled.





The carrying empty holsters protest such as http://concealedcampus.org/
put on seemed a
bit more effective w/o alarming the hoplophobes.

Wes


"Effective" at doing what?


In the case of Virginia Tech and other campuses in states where CCW is legal, many of the
campuses prohibit carrying. The empty holsters protest was a way of making their point.

Wes