HandyHamlet
Regular Member
No, it really is a personal attack when you make a statement like "unwilling to protect yourself, your daughter, your community". Those are insulting words.
Of course you are entitled to your opinion. But it does not charge the facts. The OP chose to open carry either to protect himself, his loved ones, and his community. Or he chose to OC to engage in his rights under the Constitution and make a political statement. Or his reasoning is a combination of both.
Either way the second he had an encounter he chose to NOT defend himself, his family, and his community, our rights, or the Constitution. I'm sorry, that is a fact. We are under attack daily. Just because it is not a crazed gunman and you don't need to unholster a sidearm does not mean the threat isn't there, didn't happen, or simply went away by ignoring it or making excuses.
Freedom is not free no matter how many excuses are posted. You either fight for it and die free or become a slave. Too many people gave up their lives for that piece of paper for it to be ignored, just for the sake of a pleasant afternoon altercation with tyrants.
And I'd also like to point out that it "is not their job" to run the ID of a citizen out for a walk with his daughter. I have a real problem with that.
IMHO
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