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ccwtrainer wrote:
It turned out to be a mistake to announce this event publicly on this forum.
Our rules of acceptable conduct and behavior were being challenged.We had good reason to expect certain people wanted to attendwho only had an interest in causing a public disturbance.
So, we weighed the risks verses the possible gains and made a decision to cancel the picnic.
A lot of us (Myself included) don't even browse the Wisconsin Patriots website, so this site is how we found out about it in the first place. Are you saying you'd rather lose the support of people here just because there may be a few antis that would come and protest? That's pretty shameful, and certainly not the proper way to acheive our goals here.
If you think it was a mistake "announcing the event publicly on this forum," then please, don't speak of anything having to do with Wisconsin Patriots on here anymore. You saying that the "public announcement" of an Open Carry event on one of the largest Open Carry forums on the web was a "mistake" is an insult to everyone here, and hurts our cause. I seriously hope ccwtrainer didn't speak for the organization in that post, as, if he did, I'm much less inclined to assist an organization that would rather be an "exclusive club" than an organization that welcomes all members, and is mature enough to take the right steps should a problem arise (Mishandling a firearm WOULD be a crime, right? Call the police if someone abuses their carry weapon at the picnic, simple as that).
Sorry for the rant, but unless there's another reason the picnic is cancelled, Wisconsin Patriots has lost a lot of respect from me from the reasoning ccwtrainer stated.
