I'm not looking for a fight Charles.... I merely asked you for what evidence you had that supported your statement that the attacker was a racist.
What evidence have you that this had anything to do with CC?
I teased about how OC'ers are derided as going to be the first to be attacked and/or being the first to be taken out but in this case it was a CCer who was attacked/taken out. Apparently you consider that to be castigation.
Given your history, I consider it inappropriate to take any pleasure in a crime being committed against a person lawfully carrying a gun.
And I hear very few actually attacking OCers or claiming that they will be taken out first. Those rare few who do tend to be very vocal. But they are rare. Most objections to OC come not to those who carry in a holster, but in response to incidents such as occurred in the Washington Senate gallery where we had either very poor muzzle control or some deliberate effort to paint others, insertion of magazines, and operating of slides/charging bolts.
But I must question why are you injecting long gun carry and labeling it as being "provocative" (twice now) into a discussion that has absolutely nothing to do with long gun carry?
I did
NOT label long gun carry provocative. I referred to when long guns are carried in a provocative manner. Hand guns can be carried in a provocative manner as well, but rarely if ever see that as there seems to be near universal agreement that a handgun, in hand, is not appropriate in public. But some, such as yourself, seem intent to apply a very different, lower standard of conduct to what constitutes proper and safe carrying of long guns in public.
I bring up long guns because of what I see as your hypocrisy in defending the most provocative of carry modes for long guns (again, not all long gun OC is provocative, but some conduct certainly is) with strident language about how nobody should judge how anyone else carries, and then you turn around and "tease" about concealed carry. That kind of hypocrisy needs to be corrected.
Look... some idiot attacked a person legally carrying concealed. Shall we let the discussion go on about the incident itself instead of all the snide remarks?
That would be great. You'll note my snide remarks were made only in response to a couple of folks who felt free to "tease" about CC. I will happily accept disagreement on the proper way to carry from anyone who accepts that there are proper and improper ways to carry. From any who stridently defend carrying long guns in hand, or racking slides in public, or having zero muzzle control, etc, I consider any judgement against any lawful carry method as hypocrisy worthy of correcting.
Now, what is there left to discuss of this event itself? The need for better SA? Check. The benefits of some training on hand-to-hand techniques? Sure thing. Benefits of a retention holster even if you believe you are concealing? Quite possibly?
Did I miss anything?
Charles