LEO 229 wrote:
Some here want to go open carry with long guns downtown.They are well within their rights to do that to and they would not be breaking any laws...
But it would not really be appropriate to do in a city. So in both cases... can you do it? Yes.... Should you do it? It depends on who you ask. But.... if you really want to you can.
I find both to be a little extreme and unnecessary.
Ahh, but 229, who gets to decide what is appropriate and what isn't, the media?
Why wouldn't it be appropriate to you? After all, you support the armament of the Torch Teams and them patrolling our subways in NYCfor criminals with AK's that have yet to appear. Why not citizens? Is it a training discrepancy that concerns you and maybe someother citizens? If that's the case, what if that training had been gained?
I look at it like this. Citizens need to be prepared for any eventualities just like anyone else.While we don't necessarily need to carry with us force-projection weapons in our every day lives, I certainly don't find any fault with someone wanting to carry better armament with them, particularly in areas that are more concerning than others.Some criminals have shotguns and sub machine guns and assault rifles but the citizens are limited to sidearms and in some areas, not even that. All because the practice of carrying arms is shunned by the media, the people, and in some cases, the police.
Obviously, society has become an incredibly hoplophobic group of
and I think that one way to off-set that is to slowly desensitize them by carrying firearms of any sort in a responsible manner, while practicing all of the rules of gun safety and acting as we would while carrying anything else on our person...
While legal in my state, I have yet to have the balls to stroll throughtown with a carbine or shotgun, although I have just at the outskirts.Hopefully after years of showing gun owners in a positive light instead of being demonized, that may change.