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John Peterson has his facts all wrong

anmut

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Someone may want to inform him.

http://democurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2010/09/family-safety-takes-back-seat-in-open.html

The conservative leaning Wisconsin State Journal (no link yet) suggested it had a pro-carry bias, and that guns were “safe” in its recent series, “Open carry: Safe v discomfort.”

Another words, carrying guns in public is safe, and a separate issue from feeling “discomfort” around strangers with loaded guns? But there was this moment of honesty in the piece:

But it’s also created a backlash against the open-carry advocates from some unlikely sources: other gun owners.

Excerpt ... for more, click on the link above
 
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