Lorca
Don't fence me in
They do it all the time, all over the US on any given weekend..or day...but usually they guns are concealed....still scared? Are the guns less dangerous?
More Republicans against freedom!
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They do it all the time, all over the US on any given weekend..or day...but usually they guns are concealed....still scared? Are the guns less dangerous?
zappasguitar
Well-known member
SmarterthanYou
rebel
and I proved that you were wrong through court precedent. Ginsburg herself has said openly carrying weapons is not brandishing.
zappasguitar
Well-known member
Again, we aren't discussing the legality of open carry...merely the definition of the term "brandish."
zappasguitar
Well-known member
The law I cited begs to differ.
But I do get it that this is just another one of those times where you will not admit you are wrong.
SmarterthanYou
rebel
Another study examined newspaper reports of gun incidents in Missouri, involving police or civilians. In this study, civilians were successful in wounding, driving off, capturing criminals 83% of the time, compared with a 68% success rate for the police. Civilians intervening in crime were slightly less likely to be wounded than were police. Only 2% of shootings by civilians, but 11% of shootings by police, involved an innocent person mistakenly thought to be a criminal. [145] Silver & Kates, supra.
http://www.claytoncramer.com/scholarly/shall-issue.html#c36
zappasguitar
Well-known member
Their protest would have garnered the same attention if it had been held on the steps of the Capital or County Courthouse.
Merely alert the local news crews to the impending gathering of open carry supporters and BINGO...instant news story!
Sorry...they held their little protest where they did, with one intention.
To intimidate the women in the restaurant.
SmarterthanYou
rebel
then why weren't ANY of those open carriers arrested for brandishing? WHY aren't ANY open carriers in ANY state EVER arrested for brandishing??????
Lorca
Don't fence me in
Yes, and you have not shown any intent to intimidate.
SmarterthanYou
rebel
and you can read minds now???? can you show any factual evidence that YOU know that is what they were thinking?
Lorca
Don't fence me in
No...because those women were a specific group opposing them. So they chose to demonstrate to THEM.
zappasguitar
Well-known member
94?
What...couldn't find anything older?
Nice 20 year old paper...filled with ASSumption and SUPPOSITION.
zappasguitar
Well-known member
Right...that of course is why the gun nuts picked the parking lot of the restaurant where the women were holding their meeting to stage their protest.
Because they never intended to intimidate those women.
zappasguitar
Well-known member
You know, I like you.
You can have a discussion without resorting to the same tired name calling I get from so many here.
We are just going to have to agree to disagree on this one.
You obviously have some strong feelings regarding the 2nd amendment and it's apparent neither of us is going to change the other's mind.
zappasguitar
Well-known member
You know what's truly funny?
That back on page 3 of THIS VERY THREAD, you presumed to tell me the motivation behind my comments.
So I guess it's just Y-O-U that can "read minds"?
No, it's just another "do as I say and not as I do" Rightie. STY is allowed to INFER what he likes from my comments, but no one else is allowed the same privilege.
christiefan915
Catalyst
SmarterthanYou
rebel
Maybe cons can explain something. If this is okay...
...why not this?
yeah, stop swallowing all the koolaid from anti gun lefty sites and look at both sides before kneejerking.
christiefan915
Catalyst
Missing the point, STY. It wasn't coincidental that the gun group just showed up to get their pictures taken. Why would they demonstrate at a membership meeting if not to intimidate?
"The women were having a membership meeting, for a state chapter of the ironically-named Moms Demand Action for “Gun Sense” in America (MDA)... [so]an open carry advocacy group from Open Carry Texas (OCT) decided to hold a counter-rally outside of the restaurant where the "moms" were hoping to acquire new funds and membership...
...During the counter-rally, OCT members were photographed discussing their actions with patrons and bystanders with loaded rifles strapped around their shoulders. Actions that are legal in most states in the union. On at least one occasion they also posed as a group for the camera and were pictured as a group from multiple angles."
"The women were having a membership meeting, for a state chapter of the ironically-named Moms Demand Action for “Gun Sense” in America (MDA)... [so]an open carry advocacy group from Open Carry Texas (OCT) decided to hold a counter-rally outside of the restaurant where the "moms" were hoping to acquire new funds and membership...
...During the counter-rally, OCT members were photographed discussing their actions with patrons and bystanders with loaded rifles strapped around their shoulders. Actions that are legal in most states in the union. On at least one occasion they also posed as a group for the camera and were pictured as a group from multiple angles."
SmarterthanYou
rebel
moms demand action did this very same thing when gun rights groups gathered at different starbucks locations for their events. I don't see why this is different.