ocholsteroc
Regular Member
Is VA the biggest OC group in America? It sure has the most posts.
We are a "group"? Maybe a conspiracy instead.
I'm ecstatic that "we" are not organized, incorporated, and do not have club jackets (colors). It's what grass-roots is supposed to be.
stay safe.
jackets would be cool. :dude:
They are nice, but they are not "official".
stay safe.
They are nice, but they are not "official".
stay safe.
We do.I was looking for ED's store to see if he still had challenge coins.
As do I. And like VCDL always says.. we don't promote Open Carry, we promote "carry".I go to the GA, I go as a member of VCDL.
While there is no direct connection between VCDL and OCDO user/members, there is a commonality of goals and purpose inherent in both word and deed - to provide the means to return home safely each and everyday of our lives and to pass that legacy on to future generations. We have become the keeper of the flame.
VCDL members compromise a vast percentage of the contributors to OCDO in Virginia. VCDL is that formal organization that binds us together as grassroots activists, both in leadership and numbers - as has been said before we are "a force to be reckoned with." VCDL is structured and directed to work at achieving specific goals relative to self-defense and the RKBA. Yes members socialize and share other life experiences, but it all comes back to the choice to embrace self-defense as a legal and moral right. Membership is not free - there are dues formal and informal to be paid. When I select to wear "colors" announcing who and what I am, I don the specific trappings of VCDL: hat, shirt, jacket with the minuteman patch and/or name tag. I wear no other club/organization colors - period. Oh and I OC 99.9% of the time.
So what is OCDO? IMVHO, it is a forum - a place where people can share ideas, knowledge, information and free think the promotion/defense of OC, more or less exclusively to other methods of SD. OCDO does not have members or a charter - we are participants/practitioners who are identified by how we carry.
Whether I go to the GA, a restaurant or a mom and pop shop, I go as a member of VCDL. OCing is frequently the conversation starter that leads to an explanation of and invitation to join VCDL, but it is simply normal, everyday business. VCDL is the identifier.
Promote VCDL while OCing - great two pronged publicity. VCDL being arguably the best organization of its type in the country (certainly the original CDL) and with OCDO being a unique specialty forum, second to none.
Want to see my colors? Here the are in red, white and blue!
Is VA the biggest OC group in America? It sure has the most posts.
You folks may be biggest in terms of individual physical size as so many of the meetups are held at buffets...but I dunno that for sure since I haven't attended any of 'em.
Just joshing y'all it's great to see that kind of camaraderie.
Is VA the biggest OC group in America? It sure has the most posts.
Hey! Just because plenty of us are...umm...well fed is no reason to go slinging insulting questions.