I don't open carry to stir conflict or to engage anyone (including the police) in confrontation.
I open carried to the Old Saybrook Starbucks on Sunday and had my coffee and caught up on some work.
I would be happy to meet up with anyone who wants to learn more about OC or maybe would like to start OCing but could use a helping hand to make them more comfortable.
We need to be ever vigilante about the image we are presenting, especially with all of the new found media attention.
No disrespect intended, but I have dealt with Gardner in the past. I am well qualified to refer to him as a jackass. Even his fellow cops know this to be true.
I have no doubt that your intentions when OCing are honorable, and that you are not looking for confrontation. However, given the environment of ignorance that permeates the general community and the LE community in CT, the very act of OCing invites confrontation. Do not take that to mean that I oppose it. To the contrary, I support you and the OC movement 110%. I think that there is power in numbers, and showing up with 5 or 10 people OCing (and perhaps a camera crew) would make the OSPD think twice about harrassing people who are exercising their God given right.