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State Pioneer
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Anti-gun legislators have eroded the second with the persistance of rain. Some of the ground that they have taken has been as ifa flood washed it away. In most instances however, it has been the steady patter of incrementalism that has done the most damage to our sacred right.
This incrementalism was permitted, perhaps because too few people heeded the alarm or that those who protested were not sufficiently loud enough to impede the usurpations imposed on us. But I would say that the lack of excersize of that right prepared the people for it to slowly disappear.
By carrying a firearm exposed, being a worthyambassador for the right of armed self defense, I believeour ownform of incrementalism can erode the efforts of those who would disarm the people.
I am guilty of pride when I tell you that this does work.
In the past year, there have been no less than seven departmental or organzational memos regarding the practice of open carry in the State of California. Each time such a memo is released, it is something of a backhanded endorsement of unloaded open carry as a lawful practice.
Early in 2006, pretty much everyone in the gun communityI asked about the possibility of open carry in California told me that it was an impossibility and would certainly result in criminal gun charges. It seems now- after a number of police encounters (that did not result in the expected charges) and the release of these memos, there are some that are warming up to the practice not only as a form of activism, but as a practical alternative to obtaining a license to carry concealed.
The surprising factor to this sucess, is that I would estimate that there are fewer than 80 people in the State that have taken part in the movement, and fewer than a quarter of those are active on a regular basis. Open carry incrementalism is taking California one community (or jurisdiction) at a time, and the best part is, California law enforcement is responsible for spreading the word.
I anticipate there will be a marked surge inactivism after Nordyke - we should have an interesting summer.
Anti-gun legislators have eroded the second with the persistance of rain. Some of the ground that they have taken has been as ifa flood washed it away. In most instances however, it has been the steady patter of incrementalism that has done the most damage to our sacred right.
This incrementalism was permitted, perhaps because too few people heeded the alarm or that those who protested were not sufficiently loud enough to impede the usurpations imposed on us. But I would say that the lack of excersize of that right prepared the people for it to slowly disappear.
By carrying a firearm exposed, being a worthyambassador for the right of armed self defense, I believeour ownform of incrementalism can erode the efforts of those who would disarm the people.
I am guilty of pride when I tell you that this does work.
In the past year, there have been no less than seven departmental or organzational memos regarding the practice of open carry in the State of California. Each time such a memo is released, it is something of a backhanded endorsement of unloaded open carry as a lawful practice.
Early in 2006, pretty much everyone in the gun communityI asked about the possibility of open carry in California told me that it was an impossibility and would certainly result in criminal gun charges. It seems now- after a number of police encounters (that did not result in the expected charges) and the release of these memos, there are some that are warming up to the practice not only as a form of activism, but as a practical alternative to obtaining a license to carry concealed.
The surprising factor to this sucess, is that I would estimate that there are fewer than 80 people in the State that have taken part in the movement, and fewer than a quarter of those are active on a regular basis. Open carry incrementalism is taking California one community (or jurisdiction) at a time, and the best part is, California law enforcement is responsible for spreading the word.
I anticipate there will be a marked surge inactivism after Nordyke - we should have an interesting summer.