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Gun Control & RKBA

Eleanors38

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3. The main Texas group advocating open carry disassociated

Reply to gejohnston (Original post)

Fri May 23, 2014, 07:52 PM

May 2014

itself from a local franchise over the fast food flap in this state (employees retreated to a walk-in). The issue was over notification of local LEO before the OC action. The main group required it; the local group philosophically disagrees. Sorry, I read this as a local item in the Austin Statesman, and I don't have a link.

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leading self defense lawyer and competitive shooter calls Texas Open Carry jackasses [View all] gejohnston May 2014 OP

k&r Nuclear Unicorn May 2014 #1

I'd tend to agree...there's OC for personal safety, then there's this. ileus May 2014 #2

The main Texas group advocating open carry disassociated Eleanors38 May 2014 #3

You don't win people over kudzu22 Jun 2014 #4

this is true, gejohnston Jun 2014 #5

Open carry is just assholes showing off..... Logical Jun 2014 #6

In a city or populated area, I agree. gejohnston Jun 2014 #7

If the NRA doesn't like it then I am shocked. They are asswipes also. n-t Logical Jun 2014 #8

the press release calls it weird and not neighborly gejohnston Jun 2014 #9

Open carry activists = the PETA of the 2nd Amendment rights movement. Lizzie Poppet Jun 2014 #10