franco0341
Regular Member
The 2nd amendment...
I apologize ahead of time if it seems like a rant...when you type in www.opencarry.org you see the headline, "A right unexercised is a right lost."
I was a little weary at first to open carry but since I've done it now a good month, I've had no incidents or confrontations, it's gotten 'easier' every time. (I was asked to leave my gun in my vehicle at the Sahara/Ft. Apache BofA branch politely, I didn't have time to argue with her so I complied). I feel that we can educate the public that it is legal to Open Carry in Nevada and that no one should be alarmed with law-abiding citizens exercising their 2nd amendment rights. Keep in mind, we've somewhat lost our 4th amendment via the 'PATRIOT' act and our 5th and 6th recently through the NDAA signing on New Year's Eve when everyone was out partying and not paying attention to the news. We are lucky to live in a state that still values the 2nd amendment to a good extent. As far as a CCW goes, I don't want to get one because money and time are at a premium for me. Not to mention, attempting to conceal my full sized 1911 might look like I have a tumor and would be uncomfortable. I also agree with the deterrent argument that a criminal might think twice about robbing a place if he saw there was an armed citizen in there, better to prevent a situation in my book. Those are my $.02
I apologize ahead of time if it seems like a rant...when you type in www.opencarry.org you see the headline, "A right unexercised is a right lost."
I was a little weary at first to open carry but since I've done it now a good month, I've had no incidents or confrontations, it's gotten 'easier' every time. (I was asked to leave my gun in my vehicle at the Sahara/Ft. Apache BofA branch politely, I didn't have time to argue with her so I complied). I feel that we can educate the public that it is legal to Open Carry in Nevada and that no one should be alarmed with law-abiding citizens exercising their 2nd amendment rights. Keep in mind, we've somewhat lost our 4th amendment via the 'PATRIOT' act and our 5th and 6th recently through the NDAA signing on New Year's Eve when everyone was out partying and not paying attention to the news. We are lucky to live in a state that still values the 2nd amendment to a good extent. As far as a CCW goes, I don't want to get one because money and time are at a premium for me. Not to mention, attempting to conceal my full sized 1911 might look like I have a tumor and would be uncomfortable. I also agree with the deterrent argument that a criminal might think twice about robbing a place if he saw there was an armed citizen in there, better to prevent a situation in my book. Those are my $.02