Robert318
Regular Member
No, im not against open carry on the contrary I am for open carry.
I was trying to think of some way of peacefully protesting against those who oppose open carry. I remembered hearing about a college group who carried empty holsters around campus to protest campus prohibition and thought of this idea and was considering doing it but was wondering about the legality of it and others thoughts on this before and if I do.
Ok, well if I have little or no choice but to conduct business with someone, or a business, or my employer says I can't carry a gun (I try to avoid these places as much as I can), what if after disarming I put a toy pistol or one of those blue training pistols in my holster? This I'm sure would bring their attention to me at which time I could inform them its a fake and my way of protesting their anti-gun views, exposing their unwarrented bias merely upon seeing what looks like a gun, and also giving me an opportunity to maybe educate or discuss the rights of lawful citizens and that posting the no guns sign or banning guns only gives people a false sense of security and tells the bad guys that the odds are everyone there is defenseless and that the bad guy doesn't care about the sign or their banning of guns other than telling them as long as they can get the task done before the cops get there they don't have to worry about getting shot.
So are there any laws against this, I haven't found any in the state laws. http://www.oscn.net/applications/OCISWeb/index.asp?level=1&ftdb=STOKST21
Also would like others thoughts on this. I know it sounds funny, maybe strange, and maybe even dumb. But still was just trying to think of some way to not only protest against anti-gun people and or businesses while staying within the confines of the law but to also maybe have a friendly conversation in efforts to educate.
I was trying to think of some way of peacefully protesting against those who oppose open carry. I remembered hearing about a college group who carried empty holsters around campus to protest campus prohibition and thought of this idea and was considering doing it but was wondering about the legality of it and others thoughts on this before and if I do.
Ok, well if I have little or no choice but to conduct business with someone, or a business, or my employer says I can't carry a gun (I try to avoid these places as much as I can), what if after disarming I put a toy pistol or one of those blue training pistols in my holster? This I'm sure would bring their attention to me at which time I could inform them its a fake and my way of protesting their anti-gun views, exposing their unwarrented bias merely upon seeing what looks like a gun, and also giving me an opportunity to maybe educate or discuss the rights of lawful citizens and that posting the no guns sign or banning guns only gives people a false sense of security and tells the bad guys that the odds are everyone there is defenseless and that the bad guy doesn't care about the sign or their banning of guns other than telling them as long as they can get the task done before the cops get there they don't have to worry about getting shot.
So are there any laws against this, I haven't found any in the state laws. http://www.oscn.net/applications/OCISWeb/index.asp?level=1&ftdb=STOKST21
Also would like others thoughts on this. I know it sounds funny, maybe strange, and maybe even dumb. But still was just trying to think of some way to not only protest against anti-gun people and or businesses while staying within the confines of the law but to also maybe have a friendly conversation in efforts to educate.
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