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Is Open Carry for whites only or would someone explain [View all] malaise Aug 2015 OP

Open carry is a significant indicator of White Privilege. Paladin Aug 2015 #1

+1000000000 Hoyt Aug 2015 #10

can't argue with that. maybe modify it to white male, although occasionally a female nut gets in on magical thyme Aug 2015 #62

Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding…! doxyluv13 Aug 2015 #64

Paladin's Narrative®. So, what about H.P. Newton Gun Club? Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #71

You guys are beating the HPNGC to death, aren't you? Paladin Aug 2015 #77

Deal with it. For once. Then, Deacons for Defense. Let me know.nt Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #88

Might as well stop reading right here. You win the thread. But I'll read more. n/t freshwest Aug 2015 #112

Of course open carry is for whites only Lunabell Aug 2015 #2

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain! Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #73

Yes, just ask any of them, the Second Amendment is for only them. Thinkingabout Aug 2015 #3

So why did the fugging police do nothing malaise Aug 2015 #5

The NRA has been successful in pushing through bills in different states which allow the "open carry Thinkingabout Aug 2015 #32

It's legal and only those with money can afford this crap, so they look the other way. BUT: freshwest Aug 2015 #113

I get what you're saying. TexasProgresive Aug 2015 #4

They would be targets because they would not be protected malaise Aug 2015 #6

Amen. TexasProgresive Aug 2015 #11

Exactly. If I were black, I'd feel like I needed a gun, but would know that I would be Nay Aug 2015 #51

Just occured to me that if Blacks were to join NRA supporters senz Aug 2015 #59

I am thinking the same along those lines. Jim Beard Aug 2015 #128

I am a NC CCW instructor and have had hundreds of minorities in my classes Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #17

Good to know. 840high Aug 2015 #53

You are disrupting doctrinaire Narrative®, Lee-Lee. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #74

Alleged anecdotal evidence does not rise to the level of disruption LanternWaste Aug 2015 #147

Not recognizing the issue causes any "logic" to go askew or become a joke... Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #156

that viewpoint is 'right wing propaganda', even if it comes soley from your own personal experience HFRN Aug 2015 #87

Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #89

No. There is nothing in the 2nd Amendment guaranteeing the right to conceal a weapon. Maedhros Aug 2015 #95

Actually there is a growing body of case law Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #97

There is one reason to carry a concealed weapon: to be able to kill someone with it. Maedhros Aug 2015 #101

I would love to see some statistics to back up Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #107

Actually, the states must not infringe on "keep and bear" guarantees.... Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #158

This is about Open Carry. progressoid Aug 2015 #120

your class is concealed carry, right? KT2000 Aug 2015 #151

Probably Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #154

Fuck yeah Cosmocat Aug 2015 #44

Hell, one poor black guy in a Walmart couldn't even pick up a BB gun for sale by Nay Aug 2015 #52

We used to have open carry in California. But the day the Black Panthers Cleita Aug 2015 #7

Oh My malaise Aug 2015 #8

And it was under their idol Reagan that that happened. nt tblue37 Aug 2015 #9

When I was a young woman walking around Berkely in the 60s, there were Black Panthers senz Aug 2015 #61

Peculiar, but NOW it seems different. See #22. Question: Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #92

I don't approve of vigilantism or armed citizens of any type. Cleita Aug 2015 #98

I don't like vigilantism, either. And there was none in Ferguson. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #104

It was not just "an event". former9thward Aug 2015 #111

I fail to see the difference between that and yahoos with guns Cleita Aug 2015 #116

Yes, it was a direct result of the Panthers. former9thward Aug 2015 #119

I've always argued the fastest way to enacting gun control legislation jeff47 Aug 2015 #12

Huey P. Newton Gun Club virtualobserver Aug 2015 #22

And yet, my absolutust support for the 2A remains unchanged Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2015 #31

Photoshopped, I tell you, Photoshopped!! They're Alive!! They're Alive!! Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #80

Oddly enough the NRA favored gun control in the late 1960's d_legendary1 Aug 2015 #96

per CBS: they claim they were hired to "protect reporters" for (Alex Jones/InfoWars) Solly Mack Aug 2015 #13

So now African-Americans must fear not only the racist police malaise Aug 2015 #16

Exactly. :( Solly Mack Aug 2015 #23

You are wrong. The police didn't "do nothing". They welcomed them, saw them as jtuck004 Aug 2015 #41

Oath keepers are military and law enforcement.... haikugal Aug 2015 #54

They are still a right wing vigilante group, who ordinarily target Cleita Aug 2015 #65

My post was in no way supportive of them Cleita. haikugal Aug 2015 #69

I didn't think you were supportive. Cleita Aug 2015 #72

Ah....so it is!!! haikugal Aug 2015 #79

Excellent point malaise Aug 2015 #91

What do you mean by "So now ..."? staggerleem Aug 2015 #63

Valid point malaise Aug 2015 #93

And the Deacon For Defense did what? nt Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #81

Infowars "reporter" Joe Biggs 951-Riverside Aug 2015 #21

The Oath Keepers were in Ferguson last year as well. Solly Mack Aug 2015 #27

My post was primarily about Infowars and their rifle toting "Reporter" but I agree with you 951-Riverside Aug 2015 #35

It is information war, and the mass media does not care to become involved, hence the TrumpAThon. Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #75

Very True. Juries seem to accept the premise that white folks can be in fear of their life just Hoyt Aug 2015 #14

And the police did nothing malaise Aug 2015 #20

Don't get me started on Cliven's bunch. Sooner or later, government is going to have to do something Hoyt Aug 2015 #25

You have such a fevered imagination. Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2015 #33

Your love of gunz blur the truth. Hoyt Aug 2015 #37

Says the guy who got all nasty rather than admit he was wrong about BGC being destroyed after 24 hrs Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2015 #40

I think you've been smelling too much gun blue. Hoyt Aug 2015 #43

You want me to drag your dirty laundry out for everyone to see? Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2015 #47

Please do, if you can. Don't see what it has to do with yahoos and their gun love. Hoyt Aug 2015 #90

What it has to do with anything is the fact you make things up Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2015 #99

So? You support white folks toting gunz. Show it. Hoyt Aug 2015 #103

I support the right to RKBA regardless of race. The only make it about race is you. Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2015 #106

Nope, I was right and you wrong. You should have checked with your gun dealing buddies in Gungeon. Hoyt Aug 2015 #109

I think you're referring to denied checks. Permitted checks are destroyed -- Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2015 #110

Nope, the DEALER has to keep information on the sale, and consequently the BGC. Read. Hoyt Aug 2015 #114

You are only partially correct Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #117

And that's the problem that started the debate months agi with the gun fancier above. Hoyt Aug 2015 #118

They are idiots Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #122

I like that. I have no problem with a farmer walking around with a gun, Hoyt Aug 2015 #123

If that were four African Americans.. armed like that.. Peacetrain Aug 2015 #15

I suspect they would have been on the way to the morgue n/t malaise Aug 2015 #18

Or that too.. I just can't let myself go there Peacetrain Aug 2015 #24

sadly , very likely. nt restorefreedom Aug 2015 #39

See #22. Still on the street.nt Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #84

More evidence safeinOhio Aug 2015 #19

He's lucky they didn't kill him with his own weapon malaise Aug 2015 #26

If they can't treat everyone the same under a law safeinOhio Aug 2015 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author ileus Aug 2015 #49

In the minds of those that are obssessed with it, yes. mmonk Aug 2015 #29

Huey P. Newton Gun Club Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2015 #30

In the 1960's the civil rights movement actually worked with the NRA here in NC Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #34

I screamed so loud at the tv JackInGreen Aug 2015 #36

Why yes, yes it is. Hekate Aug 2015 #38

Read up on the Black Panther Party for Self Defense taking a trip to the State Capitol... Bluenorthwest Aug 2015 #42

As a Texan who is just beginning to see "open carry", it all scares the hell out of me. hamsterjill Aug 2015 #45

You are 100% correct. Not only carnage but a return of the National Guard. gordianot Aug 2015 #46

2A rights are for everyone... ileus Aug 2015 #48

Yes, and the 1% intends to make damn sure it stays this way. Zorra Aug 2015 #50

"White supremacists are another safeguard that the 1% uses to prevent and/or contain revolution." senz Aug 2015 #68

YES!!!!! haikugal Aug 2015 #76

I despise OC and CC even more angrychair Aug 2015 #108

Firearms are for white men, conservative and True Christian(tm) by upbringing. Tea baggers. Rex Aug 2015 #55

I think Open Carry s/b banned for everyone and Open Dick s/b mandatory. valerief Aug 2015 #56

LOL! Cleita Aug 2015 #66

SO MUCH truth to this. senz Aug 2015 #85

Your last sentence explains the whole thing. The marchers in Ferguson MO know that so they jwirr Aug 2015 #57

The short answer to your question would appear to be "Yes" Jack Rabbit Aug 2015 #58

Where on god's green earth are the usual gun worshipers? Darb Aug 2015 #60

If you are the least bit interested, Google Huey P. Newton Gun Club pictures... Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #67

K&R This thread is GREAT. senz Aug 2015 #70

Open Carry is for Terrorists. (nt) stone space Aug 2015 #78

Does that include the Deacons for Defense? Newton Gun Club? Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #86

Are you equating your reasons for gun toting to theirs? Hoyt Aug 2015 #94

Nope. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #105

Are you Black? (nt) stone space Aug 2015 #115

Nope. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #157

Next step for them is to throw out MLK as a voice for MOAR GUNZ! stone space Aug 2015 #144

LMAO. Used to see it in the Gungeon. Hoyt Aug 2015 #150

MLK didn't need a gun. His backers had plenty. nt Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #159

The 2nd amendment was written by terrorists, slave owners and genocidal maniacs (nt) 951-Riverside Aug 2015 #100

Some of us consider big guns to be phallic substitutes senz Aug 2015 #82

This is America, Dude. Learn the rules! RufusTFirefly Aug 2015 #83

I hope you read up on the Deacons for Defense, for your answer. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #102

White guy open carries vs a black guy... ariesgem Aug 2015 #121

Of course this video doesn't really prove anything Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #124

"racism is a load of horseshit" ariesgem Aug 2015 #138

I see you can't dispute what I said so you Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #139

K&R... spanone Aug 2015 #125

Since Oath Keepers are largely made up ex-law enforcement and military men, Skidmore Aug 2015 #126

So TeddyR Aug 2015 #127

Why would you say that? Armed blacks marched without incident virgogal Aug 2015 #129

In most places, I would bet that the life-expectancy of a law-abiding black male hifiguy Aug 2015 #130

I'll call your bet TeddyR Aug 2015 #131

If I was a black man I would be ultra cautious about open carrying. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #132

Nope. Its for all people. aikoaiko Aug 2015 #133

Different rules for white folks Blue_Tires Aug 2015 #134

+1 uponit7771 Aug 2015 #135

Exactly what the hubs and i were saying Duppers Aug 2015 #136

Pretty much artislife Aug 2015 #137

Thank you for correct use of the expression "white supremacist". MH1 Aug 2015 #140

I've always said the way to change gun laws in this country is for black men to follow them. Vinca Aug 2015 #141

It's the legacy of white supremacy that taught you guns are only for whites Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #142

I was never taught guns are only for whites. Vinca Aug 2015 #143

FYI, that makes you a "Fudd." Paladin Aug 2015 #149

I hadn't heard that one . . . I'll be a proud "Fudd." LOL. Vinca Aug 2015 #155

Very good post malaise Aug 2015 #146

Open Carry, Peaceful Civil Disobedience, among many other aspects of society... NCTraveler Aug 2015 #145

Precisely. Paladin Aug 2015 #148

Many of our resident RKBAers here at DU are Zimmerman supporters. stone space Aug 2015 #161

Sure looks that way Warpy Aug 2015 #152

No explanation required Mr Dixon Aug 2015 #153

So, please answer your own question: "Is Open Carry for whites only?" Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #160