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Hello everyone,
I dont post here often (if ever, I can't remember) but I do lurk without postingkeeping up on WI current events...
I spend most of my free time over at http://www.ar15.com...
Last night I posted an idea thatmight be able to helpin an Open Carry march:
In my opinion,one of the largest probems with the organization of succesful open carry marches is that everyone feels comfortable carrying in a different situation, myself included.Some peope will only carry with a large group (100+) maybe a differentnumber will only participate with only a small group, maybe a few will not carry when the police have been notfied, ect... so it's practically impossible to keep an accurate number on who will do what when there is no baseline definition for an Open Carry march.
I figured the shirt would be a good thing in this situation, if someone didnt wish to carry a real firearm, and they still participated wearing the shirt, it would appear to the media and whoever else saw it that they were indeed carrying, which is the goal of the event.
I you had a significant number of people actually carrying, intermingled with people wearing the shirts (different firearms and or different holsters are a possability) the march could gain extra effect.
What i see being a big deterant ofmost people is the risk/reward ratio of the event, with shirts like this used in addition to a succesful march you will gain reward withot any added risk.
-Kyle
origional discussions at AR15.com:
http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=8&f=21&t=341798
http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=5&f=10&t=70249
Hello everyone,
I dont post here often (if ever, I can't remember) but I do lurk without postingkeeping up on WI current events...
I spend most of my free time over at http://www.ar15.com...
Last night I posted an idea thatmight be able to helpin an Open Carry march:
In my opinion,one of the largest probems with the organization of succesful open carry marches is that everyone feels comfortable carrying in a different situation, myself included.Some peope will only carry with a large group (100+) maybe a differentnumber will only participate with only a small group, maybe a few will not carry when the police have been notfied, ect... so it's practically impossible to keep an accurate number on who will do what when there is no baseline definition for an Open Carry march.
I figured the shirt would be a good thing in this situation, if someone didnt wish to carry a real firearm, and they still participated wearing the shirt, it would appear to the media and whoever else saw it that they were indeed carrying, which is the goal of the event.
I you had a significant number of people actually carrying, intermingled with people wearing the shirts (different firearms and or different holsters are a possability) the march could gain extra effect.
What i see being a big deterant ofmost people is the risk/reward ratio of the event, with shirts like this used in addition to a succesful march you will gain reward withot any added risk.
-Kyle
origional discussions at AR15.com:
http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=8&f=21&t=341798
http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=5&f=10&t=70249