A Gentleman's Guide to Open Carry

[ICantSpellDawg]

Urging caution for who? I am not following your thought process. I believe that open carrying long rifles while shopping is bad manners and harmful to the cause. I am in agreement that people scare easily and react irrationally and in ways profoundly ignorant of law and civil rights.

The Gay lobby was once told the same thing, just be gay at home and maybe people won't react as strongly. They did the opposite. Aggressive and stereotypical gay activity was frowned upon by advocates while seemingly innocent PDA's were encouraged. Family shows advocating monogomous gay relationships were pushed into the mainstream. People don't scare as easily and what was once the unthinkable is pumped into your household on a nightly basis. Clever marketing.

It also deconstructs your argument. We want firearms carried by the law abiding to be the norm. You can't make this happen if the arms are concealed... Or closeted. We need to force them into view in order to desensitize the reaction of fear. That is why the fight is worth it. You do this with small caliber pistols carried by handsome and relaxed men and women who confound the stereotypes. It is marketing civil rights.