One further note. I forgot to use the word "elitism".
My approach is just the opposite. I welcome anyone that has questions about OC. I am happy to help educate them. Which approach do you think will help secure/further your 2a rights in the coming years, elitism, or inclusiveness?
In a democracy, majority rules. We are the minority. One great way to secure/further the acceptance of 2a right? Become the majority. To do that, you have to recruit. To recruit, you have to be approachable, not standoff-ish. Sure, you are entitled, and if that's your chosen approach, I will just have to agree to disagree with you, and be disappointed with your decision to not be a more active proponent of what you claim to hold dear.
United We Stand.
1. There is nothing wrong with elitism. While all men are created equal in terms of natural rights, they are not created equal in ability. The Founders recognized this, and had minimum qualifications for voting.
2. This is not a democracy; it is a constitutional republic. Great political thinkers from the Greeks to the Founders considered democracy to be the worst form of government, precisely because an ignorant and/or mislead majority can run roughshod over the rights of the majority.
3. I do not shy away from 2A activism. I speak to many, many people about open carrying, as I do it daily. This weekend, I will be working the Idaho Open Carry table at the Boise gun show. What I object to is your contention that the possibility that some ignorant sheep
might be educated justifies me having to encounter armed strangers, wearing the State's costume jewelry on their chests, tasked to find citizens who have broken rules and imprison or tax them. More than occasionally, these armed revenue agents become overzealous and injure or kill citizens who defy them.
No thanks. My life, liberty, and property are not worth the education of some sheep, whose response to the knowledge is just as likely to be, "That's legal?!? What the hell, there oughta be a law!!!"