BroadwayJoe
Regular Member
The NRA has a large following and a huge voice for 2A advocates, but they are anti open carry. Why hasn't OCA or Open Carry Association to fight for the people been started? Just curious.
The NRA has a large following and a huge voice for 2A advocates, but they are anti open carry. Why hasn't OCA or Open Carry Association to fight for the people been started? Just curious.
The NRA has a large following and a huge voice for 2A advocates, but they are anti open carry. Why hasn't OCA or Open Carry Association to fight for the people been started? Just curious.
Great question. I say it couldn't hurt. Maybe start it out at the individual state level & coordinate from there..?
I would say have gatherings and invite all people interested OC/CC/ No Carry but support rights. The way to get momentum is to win the public opinion. OC is not about just gun rights, it is about all rights. Without the freedom to defend them, our rights might as well be written on toilet paper, IMHO.
I hate to be Capt. Obvious, but OCDO is the Open Carry association.
Meanwhile, OCDO admirably provides a source of information state by state and nationally to educate, promote and defend the right to open carry a properly holstered handgun as we go about our normal everyday lives. Now that may be a niche market........but nobody does it better.
I think that John and Mike would dispute this assertion. I believe they would say that this is a forum only, one that they own, and is not an association, which would imply self-governance. OCDO is a wonderful place for such associations to discuss OC, but is decidedly not those associations or an association.
I hate to be Capt. Obvious, but OCDO is the Open Carry association.
Perhaps you would see things differently, if you took a closer look at who reads and follows OCDO. At any given time, non-registered users exceed "members" by about 300% or more (There are currently 716 users online. 197 members and 519 guests). These "guests" are politicians, media, your neighbors, clergy, LEOs, mothers, children, and yes antis.I would have to agree with eye95 here. While OCDO is a great tool for Joe citizen to educate himself on his rights, and to speak to like minded individuals, it is not a large scale association with a load voice, it is simply a place of resource and discussion.
That is not the litmus test - the number perceived to be OCing at any given moment is less important than the number that support the right, the choice to carry for self-defense. In that we have overwhelming support IMO - that cannot be ignored. It is not being ignored.Guy's how many OCers do you think there are doing so today? Maybe 10,000 - 20,000 - 30,000 across the country if we're lucky? It is VERY easy to write off that size group of people in DC. 10 Million on the other hand is a very difficult number to dismiss. That was my point. .... carry on...
+1 Gadzillion.