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DustyJoe

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50. The rifles are a puzzle

Wed Aug 24, 2016, 01:40 PM

Aug 2016

I live in NM that has always been open carry. In my 62 yrs living here in a pretty rural area have only seen a few pistols in holsters. I have never seen anything like picture in the OP. During bird season you might see a shotgun carrying dove hunter on a rural road. I understand a pistol on your hip for protection, those rifles especially slung the way they are are pretty useless for protection access in my belief. The only possible reason I see (and I am a gun owner) to carry the array of weaponry pictured in public is akin to two idiots in hot cars at a light revving their engines to prove who's the biggest n baddest. I am a believer in concealed carry for self protection and have never carried openly even though I could.

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Let's Pretend - Where do you stand? - Open carry vs. ??? [View all] packman Aug 2016 OP

I immediately leave the grocery store with the open carry fools. sinkingfeeling Aug 2016 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Orrex Aug 2016 #2

I think they are both examples of insecure men. KeepItReal Aug 2016 #3

Not bothered by either in most cases whatthehey Aug 2016 #4

The women are not dressed to threaten or to look dangerous Fresh_Start Aug 2016 #5

Old habits. Orrex Aug 2016 #7

I see what you did there. NaturalHigh Aug 2016 #9

I see no reason why anyone should open carry in a civilized society. MrScorpio Aug 2016 #6

Open carry is debateabale. Until religion keeps its nose out of policy making, criticize it I will. cleanhippie Aug 2016 #23

Someone dressed in black has no place in today's society? NaturalHigh Aug 2016 #8

HEY, I LOVED JOHNNY CASH packman Aug 2016 #10

The Man In Black was one of the earliest Goths Runningdawg Aug 2016 #42

I immediately leave upon seeing the firearm. LanternWaste Aug 2016 #11

At least the Burka isn't an implicit threat to shoot people. DetlefK Aug 2016 #12

Eye both groups/subjects with interest and a bit of suspicion. jmg257 Aug 2016 #13

I don't see a problem with either. ileus Aug 2016 #14

I don't see it as an either/or situation. world wide wally Aug 2016 #15

Should I see weapons displayed Sherman A1 Aug 2016 #16

I'd rather see weapons in site rather then concealed yeoman6987 Aug 2016 #34

I assume civilian open carriers are looking for altercations and overt intimidation. Paladin Aug 2016 #62

The rifles make me apprehensive True Dough Aug 2016 #17

IMO, carrying a gun in public MUST involve it being securely strapped into a holster... KittyWampus Aug 2016 #18

I know you know that those aren't automatic rifles, as automatic rifles are illegal. cleanhippie Aug 2016 #24

Whatever the f*ck you want to call them. MY point remains, unholstered guns are too dangerous KittyWampus Aug 2016 #31

Lol. It's obvious that you really have no idea how gun work at all. cleanhippie Aug 2016 #33

Excuse me? KittyWampus Aug 2016 #40

Any adult with a clean record can own an automatic rifle. Kaleva Aug 2016 #58

I occasionally see women wearing complete burkas, when I shop, and I don't even raise an eyebrow Siwsan Aug 2016 #19

Okay. LWolf Aug 2016 #20

They present a clear and present danger? To whom and in what way? cleanhippie Aug 2016 #25

To anyone within range, of course. LWolf Aug 2016 #26

Post removed Post removed Aug 2016 #28

Nope. LWolf Aug 2016 #30

And yet you seem irrationally afraid of an inanimate object. cleanhippie Aug 2016 #32

She's Afraid Of The Object? ProfessorGAC Aug 2016 #41

Confusing concern as fear is the first of many flaws in your argument LanternWaste Aug 2016 #44

An inanimate object... tonedevil Aug 2016 #56

Not at all. LWolf Aug 2016 #60

Unless lawwolf Aug 2016 #52

OK, so "wearing" a gun is the same as wearing a New York Knicks shirt. SwissTony Aug 2016 #59

Look at LWolf Aug 2016 #61

I ignore them and continue on my business. nt hack89 Aug 2016 #21

A burka isn't an implicit threat to my life. A gun is. baldguy Aug 2016 #22

Unless DustyJoe Aug 2016 #48

Stoking baseless RW fears of "the other" still offers no excuse for carrying a firearm in public. baldguy Aug 2016 #63

not the issue DustyJoe Aug 2016 #64

It is the issue. Fearful bigoted cowards want to equate the two - open carry guns & burkas. baldguy Aug 2016 #65

Clothing is not designed to kill people. Iggo Aug 2016 #27

Not sure why these are together ismnotwasm Aug 2016 #29

Another false equivalency. procon Aug 2016 #35

I'd bolt if I saw the guns. a la izquierda Aug 2016 #36

If Trump gets elected True Dough Aug 2016 #46

Here's the thing radical noodle Aug 2016 #37

The question is coupled with pictures meant to play on stereotypes. Sorry. Not Playing! n/t Honest.Dem Aug 2016 #38

Welcome to the DU, Honest.Dem! True Dough Aug 2016 #47

If you feel the need to carry a gun like that in public, then you have mental issues. Exilednight Aug 2016 #39

I have never seen a woman in a burka in Tulsa Runningdawg Aug 2016 #43

Carrying guns? HockeyMom Aug 2016 #45

I would say it depends sarisataka Aug 2016 #49

The rifles are a puzzle DustyJoe Aug 2016 #50

Let's face it - Moms don't want their kids in grocery stores asiliveandbreathe Aug 2016 #51

I fear neither one. GOLGO 13 Aug 2016 #53

I hate Burqas HerrKarlMarx Aug 2016 #54

I...shop. Shandris Aug 2016 #55

Soooooooo many variables go into my analysis of the situations.... Whiskeytide Aug 2016 #57