Re: The Open-Carry Rifle Society - A Proposal

On talk.politics.guns, ozarkheart@xxxxxxxxx <ozarkheart@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 30 May 2010 07:54:06 +0200, Sidney Lambe
<sidneylambe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The Open-Carry Rifle Society - A Proposal

Synopsis:

Anyone 18 or over who has not been adjudicated mentally deranged
can open-carry a rifle or shotgun anywhere. Pistols are outlawed.

Rationale:

Most criminal and accidental shootings with firearms involve
pistols and revolvers. Concealed carry works as much to the
advantage of criminals as it does the good guys. Small arms are
easy to smuggle and hide because of their size, which also aids
the criminal element.

We do not need

"Need" has nothing to do with freedom. Many people do not 'need' cars,
televisions, raios and ipods.

You "need" to understand the concept of freedom.

No. I understand it full well. The kind of freedom you imagine and
want doesn't exist anywhere and never will. There are always rules
and limitations. Tradeoffs. There is always order of one kind or
another.

I know people who are into rifles and shotguns, and they have a
basic integrity and wholesomeness about them. People who are into
pistols and revolvers, especially concealed carry, always seem
creepy and, frankly, latently criminal.

No one I know allows people like that in their lives. There's
something wrong with the head of someone who feels the need to
walk among friends and neighbors and associates with a murderous
tool hidden in their pants.

Sid



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