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I do think the pump is primed right now for this issue. News media tends to have a short attention span and I think we need to get as much positive exposure for open carry as we can while they have an appetite for it. I know from friends and people I've talked to that open carry this week has been "water cooler" talk and I think thats a very good thing.
I also think people really need to overcome fear of open-carrying and do it "now" the general public needs to "see it" and become comfortable with it.
There was a point today when I thought twice about doing this interview and open carrying. There was a fear of "what if". But then I realized that if I didn't have the courage to exercise my constitutional rights, and have confidence that if I ended up with a rogue officer that puts me down at gunpoint, the law was on my side and this would work out.... If I didn't have the courage toopen-carry, Icouldn't look at myself in the mirror and be proud.
I can't live in fear. I refuse to. I refuse to stand and watch freedom erode around us and do nothing. Even before I walked into the store the reported asked me if I "was ok with this" and I knew that if I didn't face the fear of the police and what they may (unlawfully) do, I would never forgive myself.
Now is the time to do what you are lawfully entitled to do. Now is the time to over-come your fear and have faith in your constitution.
in 1785 Thomas Jefferson wrote to his fifteen-year-old nephew, Peter Carr, regarding what he considered the best form of excercise"...I advise the gun. While this gives a moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise, and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body, and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun, therefore, be the constant companion of your walks."
Go take a walk with your gun.