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Ok I can see the confusion, no I am not for heading out for confrontation. And agree with what you say about educating people. I don't know how you get that I think its a huge problem I have posted that I havent had any negative encounters yet here in the county, but I also haven't carried in certain areas. The only thing I think you might have gathered that from is this thread that is dealing with whatcom county counsel people, and I do believe they have a huge problem with it, and it was obvious by the video, they think that its only o.k. to carry in a park if its concealed, from what I gathered and please correct me if I am wrong, it sounded like they felt if it can be seen its considered brandishing. I feel that everytime we open carry we are testing peoples reactions, the same as everytime we right or say something we are testing free speech. I don't mean it to be confrontational, but if it is I would love to be able to video tape it with all confidence that members of open carry website are not the instigators or the ones being confrontational, and this would be a good tool to show general public we aren't hot heads or crazy gun nuts that so many people like those in the counsel meeting believe. O.K. I am rambling but I am mostly agreeing with your views and points on the previous post, and to reiterate I am not a combative person but can be defensive.