Golden Hound
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It's true our culture has drifted away from being used to seeing guns and being comfortable with them
Oh, we're quite comfortable seeing guns - on cops, that is.
It's true our culture has drifted away from being used to seeing guns and being comfortable with them
Do we want a society in which it is an unconscious emblem of everyday life that folks move about with 'portable killing machines' strapped to their bodies?"
"How do you expect an officer to deal with that - other than to point a gun at them and go through the process [of elimination]? There's no other way to make that determination safely without putting officers at risk."
"In light of Trolley Square, mall shootings, school shootings, anyone walking around with a gun potentially creates a lot of phone calls for us," Burbank says. "How do you expect an officer to deal with that ...
They deliberately left open a loophole for those who carry their guns out in the open.
Loophole is an erroneous term. It's not a loophole, it's a legal privilege awarded to those with no means to acquire a CCW.
went to college with Rebecca Walsh, and I think we even wrote for the school paper at the same time. I was in feature, and she was in news, so we didn't cross paths. I wish I'd have known she was an anti back then, so I could have straightened her out
Thus, according to him, Open Carry is protected by the First Amendment as a form of political speech!I don't think they are truly afraid for their safety. Most of them are trying to make a statement about the Second Amendment.