Re: Texas Open Carry – Positive
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:06 pm
i want to open carry
i'm waiting lol

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flintknapper wrote:03Lightningrocks wrote:I think that may have depended upon were one lived. I went to elementary school and middle school in Pasadena Texas from 70-75 and High school in Plano Texas from 75-79. Neither place would it have been acceptable to walk up and down the streets carrying a rifle. Neither place would have permitted a firearm be brought to school either.flintknapper wrote: What a sad state of affairs. When I was a kid (even a teenager), you could walk around just about anywhere with a long-gun and no one would give you a second look. I could easily have taken a weapon (pistol,rifle,knife,etc) to school as a visual aid (teacher's permission) and everything would have been fine. Now, look where we are today. It sickens me.
The olden days you speak of must have been in the more rural communities. The big cities don't seem real OK with brandishing weapons in public. I think mainly because in the cities, there isn't a whole lot of perceived need in squirrel and rabbit hunting.
If Austin, TX is your defintion of "rural" then what is the "big city"?
LOL...I thought he was closer to my age. My Mom and Dad grew up in the fifties in a little eastern Kentucky town called Summerset. I know they all toted guns around...mostly to protect their moonshine...LarryH wrote:The other factor is WHEN. I believe flintknapper is about my age, so his growing-up years would have been in the late fifties and/or early sixties. Lots of people's attitudes toward lots of things were different "back in the good old days, when I was young".03Lightningrocks wrote:I went to elementary school and middle school in Pasadena Texas from 70-75 and High school in Plano Texas from 75-79. Neither place would it have been acceptable to walk up and down the streets carrying a rifle. Neither place would have permitted a firearm be brought to school either.
Yes in my high school, had you brought a firearm to school, you would have been treated as a gun toting threat and taken away by the police with extreme hostility. People bringing knives were expelled-escorted out by the principals and regional security dude. Someone with a gun? Please.03Lightningrocks wrote:I think that may have depended upon were one lived. I went to elementary school and middle school in Pasadena Texas from 70-75 and High school in Plano Texas from 75-79. Neither place would it have been acceptable to walk up and down the streets carrying a rifle. Neither place would have permitted a firearm be brought to school either.flintknapper wrote: What a sad state of affairs. When I was a kid (even a teenager), you could walk around just about anywhere with a long-gun and no one would give you a second look. I could easily have taken a weapon (pistol,rifle,knife,etc) to school as a visual aid (teacher's permission) and everything would have been fine. Now, look where we are today. It sickens me.
The olden days you speak of must have been in the more rural communities. The big cities don't seem real OK with brandishing weapons in public. I think mainly because in the cities, there isn't a whole lot of perceived need in squirrel and rabbit hunting.
Austin when? When I was growing up, there were 50,000 people in Austin. It was rural at the time.
If Austin, TX is your defintion of "rural" then what is the "big city"?
60's and 70's to be exact. Austin was hardly "rural" during those times. I should think that would be "contemporary" enough.frazzled wrote:Austin when? When I was growing up, there were 50,000 people in Austin. It was rural at the time.
If Austin, TX is your defintion of "rural" then what is the "big city"?
OH... is Austin the same size and demographics now as it was when you were a kid?
Regardless... In my long life...walking around with a rifle slung over your shoulder in any of the Cities I lived in would get you nothing but grief.
I could only assume you lived in a rural area where that kind of thing is seen as normal.
Very funny, I am sure people tell you that all the time. No "Indian attacks".....or "attacks" of any other kind. That is precisely why we were allowed to have weapons in our vehicles and on our person (knives). We didn't attack each other with guns and knives. Disputes were settled with fisticuffs AFTER school (with most of the school in attendance). Once settled...participants often went on to become friends, not enemies to be stalked down and shot up via a "drive by". School shootings were virtually unknown.I didn't realize you were a kid just after the events at the Alamo. Y'all probably had to be prepared in case of Indian attack.
Yes, you were. Unless you will now claim semantics.03Lightningrocks wrote:I was not joking or scoffing....
I was simply pointing out that in the areas and time frame I grew up, times were not as friendly about firearms as where you grew up.
Yes...you appropriately picked up on my sarcasm with the question on size and demographics of Austin then vs now because I believe it does make a difference in the way these things are viewed.
Please elaborate.i also believe the same situation exists today. People who live in very large areas such as DFW or Houston are going to be more wary of open carry than people living in smaller rural areas. Again, I am not saying either opinion is right or wrong.
.Since we don't have legalized open carry i have nothing to base experience on
There is simply too much here to address, except to say: If that is your position....fine, I accept that as your opinion. I agree with parts of it, not with others.I have my concerns and having concerns seems threatening to some in the open carry movement. Instead of feeling threatened and insulting folks who have concerns, maybe they would be better served to address the concerns. Calling folks "ant-gun" and "Brady supporters" does nothing more in my mind than marginalizing the group who is behind this movement. Drawing parallels to other rights in the BOR serves no purpose when the rights you are trying to parallel aren't an immediate threat to my life or my loved ones if misused.
Playing games with peoples comments on forums(yes...I saw the thread where I was accused of comparing OC to wearing swastika's...) in an effort to discredit people also serves no purpose. It just makes the folks behind the movement look like nuts with zero credibility. This is not said so much in reference to anything you have posted,
I don't know what "movement" you are speaking of. I stand alone in my presentation of the convictions and opinions I have shared here.I typically read your responses and posts with a bit of respect and interest for what you have to say. It is meant more for the benefit of folks in "the movement", that are sure to be reading this thread.
flintknapper wrote:Yes, you were. Unless you will now claim semantics.03Lightningrocks wrote:I was not joking or scoffing....
No I wasn't! Are you a LIAR???? NO???? Then don't accuse me of being one. Thanks for your courtesy!
Please elaborate.i also believe the same situation exists today. People who live in very large areas such as DFW or Houston are going to be more wary of open carry than people living in smaller rural areas. Again, I am not saying either opinion is right or wrong.
Nothing to elaborate on. The statement speaks for itself...and is a fact.
.Since we don't have legalized open carry i have nothing to base experience on
Then this speaks to the need to keep an "open mind" OR look to other states for information/statistics that might shed some light on the subject. Even if the situation is not exactly the same as with Texas, there must be certain things we can "glean" from it.
Yes...and keeping an open mind is even more important for the folks who want to achieve open carry. So far i don't see this as the case with them. They seem to take the stance of "it's my way or no way".
There is simply too much here to address, except to say: If that is your position....fine, I accept that as your opinion. I agree with parts of it, not with others.I have my concerns and having concerns seems threatening to some in the open carry movement. Instead of feeling threatened and insulting folks who have concerns, maybe they would be better served to address the concerns. Calling folks "ant-gun" and "Brady supporters" does nothing more in my mind than marginalizing the group who is behind this movement. Drawing parallels to other rights in the BOR serves no purpose when the rights you are trying to parallel aren't an immediate threat to my life or my loved ones if misused.
Glad to see you could find some common ground with a city slicker.
Playing games with peoples comments on forums(yes...I saw the thread where I was accused of comparing OC to wearing swastika's...) in an effort to discredit people also serves no purpose. It just makes the folks behind the movement look like nuts with zero credibility. This is not said so much in reference to anything you have posted, ,
Good, because I have said nothing of the sort, nor made inferences of the same. I recommend you PM those who did author the things you find offensive.
Again...you use wording that is inappropriate. And i noticed you cropped out part of my comment that would have answered this question for you. better still, it would make your question unnecessary. Playing more games??? I don't find it OFFENSIVE. So there is no need in attempting further communications with misguided individuals.
I don't know what "movement" you are speaking of. I stand alone in my presentation of the convictions and opinions I have shared here.I typically read your responses and posts with a bit of respect and interest for what you have to say. It is meant more for the benefit of folks in "the movement", that are sure to be reading this thread.
The open carry movement...but then you actually knew that...didn't ya...LOL. Playing some games with semantics of your own here?
Flint.
I haven't seen Sugarland in more than 30 years...funny...I still pictured it as somewhat rural. I about choked when you said they had a Starbucks there.frazzled wrote:...snip.... Were I in old Sugarland this wouldn't be an issue, but in new Sugarland the mocha latte soccer moms would have the SWAT coming faster than you can spit (and yes my wife are one).