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tntorqu wrote:
No disrespect to anyone, but ya'll have really blew this topic out of the water.
Confusion reigns supreme and also no disrespect intended.
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tntorqu wrote:
Guys im trying to teach my wife as much as i can!!! But don't get off topic. Just send her the sites that she may need because i don't have much time to show her.
Thread title: "
Hi I'm new to open carry"
Your original post was quite "open ended: and generic insofar as
what you were trying to teach your wife. This forum is hardly in a position to be a classroom shortcut to becoming an experienced, responsible OCer; but many will be more than willing to share their viewpoints and knowledge.
IMO - the best way to gain confidence is through spending time with and personally viewing others. Q & A sessions invariably come into play. Itis NOT an overnight process. It is indeed a shame you don't have more time to show her the ropes.
"Just send her the sites(?)" - we read that as provide some links - still pretty broad and generic. Is there a chapter of the Second Amendment Sisters in your area?
Generally, I think most presumed that she is/was what we regularly call a newbie- a neophyte and a number of posters gave some rather valid recommendations. That would appear to be very much on topic.
Again let me stress that I mean no offense and take none. Perhaps a new thread with a better targeted request is in order.
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As to why this topic/thread and others have been blown out of the water?
The Louisiana sub-forum is an interesting one with a growing nucleus of responsible and dedicated people.
But ladies and gentlemen there is here, an easily observable and reoccurring cadre of agent provocateurs, trolls and facilitators of discontent - misinformation, ridicule, insults, ignoring good manners and the rules are their preferred tools.
No state sub-forum, nor for that matter OCDO in its entirety, is free from the occasional gate crasher.
Unfortunately you have been enjoying a greater concentration than most others and for some time. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater and dismiss the effectiveness of this forum - you are suffering growing pains.
Report the obvious and egregious offenders succinctly and be patient. Try to keep focused on the facts and not personalities - not always easy, but try. One of the best techniques I've found for dealing with problems from within (not errors of fact, law, rules or policy - cite them) is to ignore them - remember the word "shun?" Not everyone here need be your friend, but hopefully the commonality of purpose and cause will bind you together.
See a thread that you know has no merit but to fan the flames, ignore it! Let it dry up and blow away without response.
Encourage and support each other - to blatantly plagiarize - Ask not what OCDO can do for you, but what YOU can do for OCDO. Open your arms , hearts and minds.
Carry responsibly whenever and wherever you can- preferably OCing.
[line]So where do I get off speaking my mind so in YOUR backyard? Well because this is where I live and breath - this is my home too - I'm just a couple of blocks away, in the same neighborhood - just a little ways up the coast.
I'm just one person and my opinion counts no more than yours..........................
............. Are you up for it? Are you, your rights and the experience of living in what is to me a very challenging and exciting time not worth the price of admission here at OCDO.
That's the condensed version - want the unabridged set? It'll cost you a cup of coffee. :lol:
Yata hey
