Openly Carrying Guns Can Be Unwise, Even When It’s Legal
Yet another cowardly politics-before-liberty article from Cramer. Big shock.
Here’s a newsflash dummy – rights aren’t subject to focus groups.
There are seemingly infinite variations of subjective standards that other people have regarding everything they encounter – it is impossible, absurd, and non-rational to tailor ones individual conduct to be in accord with such a vast, unknowable, and incoherent standard.
What you are suggesting is *stupid*.
I’ve educated plenty of people when I OC. They may ask “are you a cop?”, but I soon set them straight. They are often surprised that OC is legal, even though many know that CC is lawful. The most important thing anyone can do when OCing, is look like a ‘normal’ person. Don’t dress like Marilyn Manson. Don’t dress like Fifty Cent. Don’t dress like Bubba the banjo-playing ass-rapist. Shave. Have neat hair. Smell good. Wear well-cared-for clothes, regardless of your ‘style’. In short, look like a person that gives a damn about being part of society.
Visual cues are vitally important. They inform people of more than even they realize. It’s a significant factor in determining how your OCing is received.
At certain times of the year, and in certain situations, OCing is by far the most practical thing to do. Yes, you must be aware that the attention of criminals may be drawn to your sidearm – file this away with your other responsibilities as an armed individual. Accessing your gun while OCing is faster and less prone to snag or fumble.
The Constitution exists to protect our RKBA, not Cramer’s cowardly suggestion that we meekly subdue ourselves in the hope nobody objects. Let your neighbors see you OC. Let them become acclimated to it. Let them realize that the people the anti-gun fascists and weaseling politicians are condemning as ‘nutcases’ etc , are in fact their friends and colleagues and golfing buddies and family.
I CC when convenient, and OC when practical. My choice.
