Posted on 09/04/2013 6:49:53 AM PDT by marktwain
Openly carried guns tend to put a damper on criminal attacks. That is one of the reasons that police openly carry guns. An openly carried gun loudly proclaims to observers: "I am not a criminal! I am a citizen, and I have rights!" Convicted criminals are not allowed to possess guns, and openly carrying one is an invitation to arrest and incarceration for someone who is legally forbidden from possessing a gun. From blog.al.com:
A Montgomery legislator is seeking to repeal Alabamas new gun law saying that the law encourages violence by encouraging people to openly carry firearms.The story has drawn hundreds of comments, quite a number pointing out that Representative Holmes does not know what he is talking about. There are the usual emotive outbursts claiming that guns are bad, the NRA is evil, along with the repeatedly disproven "blood in the streets" hyperbole.
We already have too much violence that is taking place particularly in the black community, Rep. Alvin Holmes, D-Montgomery, said.
"Somebody walking around with a .38 on their side like Roy Rogers, it doesnt look right. Its a bad example for the kids. We don't need to make it convenient for people to openly carry weapons like that," Holmes said.
Holmes last week pre-filed a bill to repeal the sweeping NRA-backed gun legislation approved by lawmakers in the last session. However, Holmes bill faces steep odds of winning approval in the GOP-majority Alabama Legislature.
Representative Holms may be the most honest with his claim that people carrying guns "doesn't look right" and is a "bad example for kids". It is clear that Holmes, who has a concealed carry license, wants to be sure that only people that he approves of have guns, and that it is "bad" for children to have clear examples of responsible people who can protect themselves.
It is good that the Alabama legislature had the sense to stop the police abuse of the disorderly conduct statute.
Dean Weingarten
Alvin has NO power anymore in Alabama politics, except for the accepted race-baiting he does with his buddies Jesse and Al. Hey Alvin, how many blacks have been killed this year by other blacks in Montgomery? 36, 37, 38.....? Alvin is a little joke at the Legislature - even the black legislative employees think so.
The militant homosexual lobby is doing everything they can to “normalize” sodomy and open-displays of faggotry in the public sphere, things that are directly harmful to our children and our morality.
Meanwhile, the open carrying of weapons, a long-ensconced RIGHT of the People of this nation, is being cast down as “harmful to children.”
Folk, we need to work with every fiber of our being to normalize open carry where we can. This garbage has to stop.
Hey Alvin, did you tell everybody how you shot your own self (finger) with your own gun one night when you thought you were being broken into by your own boys in th hood? I guess if you own a gun you need to know how to use it, huh Alvin?
San Antonio Police Chief Claims Right to Arrest Open Carriers on Disorderly Conduct charges
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