DVC
Regular Member
imported post
I came up with this idea in a different thread, and it sounded good enough to expand on it.
I propose that the open-carry, CCW and Constitutional Carry movements be officially called the "White Hats," with the state name, such as "Nevada White Hats," "Arizona White Hats," etc, or a more colloquial name, such as "Battle Born White Hats." If the hoplophobes are going to call us "cowboys," let's turn that around on them by being the GOOD cowboys . . .which leaves only one part for them to play.
Let's all get white hats -- cowboy hats, boonie hats, ball caps, golf hats, whatever -- and wear them when we are carrying guns or just carrying the message.
In the same way the Colonies took "Yankee Doodle" -- originally a song written to condemn them -- and turned it around on the British, we can turn the "wild west" thing around on the hoplophobes.
There are a few other groups calling themselves "white hats," but that's not a problem -- the phrase is generic enough that nobody owns it.
However, as of a couple of minutes ago, _I_ own the domain thewhitehats.org -- beats heck out of me what I'm going to do with it, but I guess I'll put together a web page, mailing lists, etc. -- the main thing is that some hoplophobe can't grab it to trash us. I guess I'll put poster art and stuff there.
I came up with this idea in a different thread, and it sounded good enough to expand on it.
I propose that the open-carry, CCW and Constitutional Carry movements be officially called the "White Hats," with the state name, such as "Nevada White Hats," "Arizona White Hats," etc, or a more colloquial name, such as "Battle Born White Hats." If the hoplophobes are going to call us "cowboys," let's turn that around on them by being the GOOD cowboys . . .which leaves only one part for them to play.
Let's all get white hats -- cowboy hats, boonie hats, ball caps, golf hats, whatever -- and wear them when we are carrying guns or just carrying the message.
In the same way the Colonies took "Yankee Doodle" -- originally a song written to condemn them -- and turned it around on the British, we can turn the "wild west" thing around on the hoplophobes.
There are a few other groups calling themselves "white hats," but that's not a problem -- the phrase is generic enough that nobody owns it.
However, as of a couple of minutes ago, _I_ own the domain thewhitehats.org -- beats heck out of me what I'm going to do with it, but I guess I'll put together a web page, mailing lists, etc. -- the main thing is that some hoplophobe can't grab it to trash us. I guess I'll put poster art and stuff there.
