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Still at it.....

LONGVIEW, TX (KLTV) - A group called Open Carry Texas held a peaceful demonstration in Longview today at Loop 281 and Gilmer Rd.

...and they will be doing it again this upcoming Saturday, May 3, in Tyler.

I may drive up there just for observation purposes.

Anyone else going to attend?

tomtexan wrote:Still at it.....

LONGVIEW, TX (KLTV) - A group called Open Carry Texas held a peaceful demonstration in Longview today at Loop 281 and Gilmer Rd.

...and they will be doing it again this upcoming Saturday, May 3, in Tyler.

I may drive up there just for observation purposes.

Anyone else going to attend?

Not me.

WildBill wrote:

tomtexan wrote:Still at it.....

LONGVIEW, TX (KLTV) - A group called Open Carry Texas held a peaceful demonstration in Longview today at Loop 281 and Gilmer Rd.

...and they will be doing it again this upcoming Saturday, May 3, in Tyler.

I may drive up there just for observation purposes.

Anyone else going to attend?

Not me.

Me either.

Not for me. I'll be at the NRA rally instead.

Saw them heading home, whatever. They started a chapter in Gregg county also.

Sharp looking group. How many were there....4?

I drove by one in the valley a month ago; the normasl idiots were there about 5 or 4..

you can find them at the range in camo (they were never in the serice)
they are a bunch of Ida Dunz
but my opinion is 1st shot fried and they are buggin out.

or the opposition trying to make gun owners look like freaks.. They are really not helping 1 BIY

I suspect all this long-range sniping of the OCT group is not going to achieve the desired results. So they are bozos. So they are misguided. So they are taking us backward. So they have little wisdom in their leadership. Any solution that sees them as the enemy is only guaranteed to achieve exactly the opposite of what you desire. Divide and conquer can also be expressed as a house divided against itself cannot stand. They are not our enemy. We are not their enemy. The real enemy is celebrating our divisions.

Why not try to sit down with them over a glass of your favorite and lend them some wisdom? Provide them with the kind of leadership that might have a chance at altering their tactics to enhance other efforts rather than detract from the overall strategy? I think you sniping at them and them sniping at you is a losers strategy. Or is it not worth the effort to go see if you can work with them and change what will surely happen if you just sit back and snipe? Even if they reject any efforts to work with them, would it not be better to at least have tried?

That sounds a lot more reasonable than the consistent message of division... Lots of the goals are the same. Just because there is disagreement on the "how" - doesn't mean that they are the enemy.

Doesn't mean they are an ally, either.

Cedar Park Dad wrote:Doesn't mean they are an ally, either.

I think that the previous suggestion is to convert them into allies.

Only if they quit their self defeating antics.

If the OCers are all in a jiffy to carry an AR 15 into a shopping mall, I don't want them as allies.

If thats not the case then welcome to the family. Pick up your matching CHL badge and sash at the door on the way in.

This only works if you truly understand that your real enemies want to take your guns - not just some, or only theirs, but all of our guns and repeal the 2nd Amendment. And they want to do that regardless of what OCT does. If not, then no, my idea won't help. I hope I'm not the only one that sees that.

ShootDontTalk wrote:This only works if you truly understand that your real enemies want to take your guns - not just some, or only theirs, but all of our guns and repeal the 2nd Amendment. And they want to do that regardless of what OCT does. If not, then no, my idea won't help. I hope I'm not the only one that sees that.

I don't believe that, actually.

Cedar Park Dad wrote:

ShootDontTalk wrote:This only works if you truly understand that your real enemies want to take your guns - not just some, or only theirs, but all of our guns and repeal the 2nd Amendment. And they want to do that regardless of what OCT does. If not, then no, my idea won't help. I hope I'm not the only one that sees that.

I don't believe that, actually.

Interesting perspective. I hope and pray you're right. But I won't hold my breath.

BTW If they don't really want to take away Constitutional rights, then why would they care what OCT does?