Doesn’t mean that you should do it.
Open carry of a rifle in public is generally stupid. Don’t do it.
From http://www.pagunblog.com/2013/09/28/rifle-oc-fostering-bipartisanship/#comments
How much of this will go on before there is a bill, you think?
“I’m gonna go inside the state Capitol and see if I can educate a few people,” the man says in the video, only identified by his YouTube account name of “martinrps13.”
He walked into the east entrance lobby of the Capitol with an AR 15 rifle strapped across his chest, a handgun and a camera. The man walked right up to the security desk and told guards what he was doing.
I guess they got an education all right, but what was really accomplished here? This is also New Mexico, where open carry of pistols is culturally normal and accepted. In fact, they note:
A handgun in a holster, not a problem, but the gun guy’s visit had lawmakers in both parties thinking about changing the rules.
But now we’re looking at bipartisan consensus:
“I’m a strong supporter of the second amendment. And I’m also a member of the NRA, but I tell you there’s many buildings that you should not be able to carry a firearm into and one of them is the state Capitol,” Republican Sen. Carroll Leavell said.
“Unquestionably, I think we need to ban guns from the state Capitol, and anywhere there’s large numbers of individuals that gather for a very specific purpose,” Democratic Sen. Carlos Cisneros said.
Yes, bringing both parties together to support gun control. That was quite an education! We have enough trouble to deal with on a regular basis without having to worry we’ll need to turn people out to fight a gun ban that didn’t need to happen.
UPDATE: Here’s the video.
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