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ShootDontTalk wrote:If the antis are on the run and there is no need to be concerned, why all the wasted rhetoric on here?

The anti's are NOT on the run, they are targeting open carry rallies and using the in your face tactics shown by those at the rallies as fuel for their anti-gun campaigns.

Beiruty wrote:OCT experience in TN. However, no one noticed or even bothered to say "Hello, what are you carrying?"

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And as he says, he is in a legal open carry state where it is OK to carry a HANDGUN, but if he had been carrying an AK-47 and trying to draw attention to himself, like these demonstrators are, it might be different. And, it is.

mamabearCali wrote:Now while even and OC advocate such as myself sees how a rifle really can cause panic, I do not see why a planned, publicized rally does the same.

The problem is that open carry advocates are carrying either rifles or maybe replica antique pistols because you cannot legally open carry a modern handgun in Texas, They try to claim that seeing people open carry a rifle is desensitizing the public to open carry of a handgun. It doesn't do anything of the sort. All people see is a bunch of people standing around with AR's and other types of rifles.

IMO if they want advertise what they are promoting is to maybe carry an empty holster, but publicly hand out a well produced flyer or brochure explaining open carry of a handgun and the 2nd Amendment. This will at least be a more benign view of the participants and will present a more peaceful and civilized front for those who are shocked at seeing the evil black rifle's on these people.