The Brady Campaign protesting this event and bringing more exposure only helped the Open Carry movement.
I was going to leave this alone, but find that I am compelled to respond.
How does going toe-to-toe in a eye-poking contest with the Brady Campaign 'help' the open carry movement?
We live in a State controlled by a democrat anti-gun majority. We narrowly dodged the ban of openly carried unloaded firearms this year. It is known that another piece of legislation like AB1934 is in the works. There will be no lack of votes to pass it, because the invalids are no longer in office.
We are not using the Brady Campaign to advance our cause.... they are using
US to advance theirs- and you are participating with them in it by being a large slow moving target for them to exploit. They are telling the sheep that the wolves must be stopped and pointing their fingers at the sheepdogs, calling them a threat to the sheep. The sheep are going to believe them and they will prohibit sheepdogs from doing what they are called to do.
The only way to diffuse this is by taking these slow moving mass events and splitting them up into little groups that are hard to target. In other words, do not engage the enemy on the battlefield of their chosing or utilize the weapons that they are comfortable using. They assmble their troops on an open field using weapons and tactics that rely on home field advantage- artillery, infantry and cavalry. We cannot do likewise, as we occupy enemy territory. We must use sabotage, spies, concealment, skirmishes, diversion, stealth, and insurgency.
You want to announce every mass meet up in a public forum? Great- do it. Make sure the Bradys and LCAV have an invite. Then tell your members not to show. Make other plans, while the antis mill around in front of a Starbucks out in the cold. Get them to waste their time, gas, and money.
Join the Brady Campaign. Attend their meetings and protests. Gain their trust. Suggest protest events, particularly ones that make them vulnerable or waste time, gas, and money. Then turn the protest on its head by orchestrating a counterprotest designed to make them look foolish. Or inflitrate the protest with pro-2A signs.
Play the race card- The Brady Campaign appears comprised of older white women- assert to onlookers that they want minorities disarmed. (This would be effective from pro-gun blacks, hispanics, and asians- provided their group lacks diversity.)
Highjack their message- Chang did this very well in the interview. Yes I
HATE gun violence too!- the only way you can confront some gun violence is by being prepared to repel criminals with the right tools.
