Phoenixphire
Campaign Veteran
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I would like to test the opinions of the larger OCDO community on a topic that has been presented at the Michigan Boards.
The idea of open carry of long arms has blown up like a small bomb over there. There has been heated and strong debate on the subject.
Now, personally, long arm open carry is not my style. Long arms tend to be cumbersome, heavy, and just plain inconvienent. I perfer to open carry my SA XD, which is much more comfortable and easy to manage.
That being said, I support those who do choose to carry a long arm. If they are willing to deal with those issues I am not, then more power to them.I support their rights to carry as they see fit, just as I expect them to support my rights.
Now, the question becomes: What do we support as a community?
I believewe here atOpenCarry.org, as a group,should follow this philosophy: We support ALL forms of lawful carry.
To do anything less is hypocrisy. If we ostracisize those who OC a long arm, then we give credibility to those CC-only advocates that call the OC of a sidearm "foolish". Every last single argument against longarm OC has been made against sidearm OC. If those arguments are held valid by this community against longarm OC, then we must also hold them valid against sidearm OC.
So, I put it to you, members and friends of OCDO: What rights do you support?
I would like to test the opinions of the larger OCDO community on a topic that has been presented at the Michigan Boards.
The idea of open carry of long arms has blown up like a small bomb over there. There has been heated and strong debate on the subject.
Now, personally, long arm open carry is not my style. Long arms tend to be cumbersome, heavy, and just plain inconvienent. I perfer to open carry my SA XD, which is much more comfortable and easy to manage.
That being said, I support those who do choose to carry a long arm. If they are willing to deal with those issues I am not, then more power to them.I support their rights to carry as they see fit, just as I expect them to support my rights.
Now, the question becomes: What do we support as a community?
I believewe here atOpenCarry.org, as a group,should follow this philosophy: We support ALL forms of lawful carry.
To do anything less is hypocrisy. If we ostracisize those who OC a long arm, then we give credibility to those CC-only advocates that call the OC of a sidearm "foolish". Every last single argument against longarm OC has been made against sidearm OC. If those arguments are held valid by this community against longarm OC, then we must also hold them valid against sidearm OC.
So, I put it to you, members and friends of OCDO: What rights do you support?