Posted on 02/04/2016 5:47:37 AM PST by marktwain
AUSTIN -- Brave New Books is offering a 10 percent discount to all customers open-carrying in their store.Brave New Books is doing more than simply not putting up a sign. The symposium includes a panel of Second Amendment supporters about what is happening in Texas to restore Second Amendment rights. From Brave New Books Facebook page:
The store is also hosting an open-carry symposium on Jan. 30 to help Texas residents learn more about open-carry legislation.
Join us January 30th from 4 to 7 PM at Brave New Books for an open carry and firearms freedom symposium where will answer these questions and more.The market supports freedom. Even though most bookstores in Austin have closed their doors to people who dare to exercise their Second Amendment rights, one book store has not. I predict that Brave New Books will gain customers from this move; I also predict that customers of the other book stores will be looking to alternatives such as ABE books and Amazon.
We'll here from owner of Central Texas Gun Works, Michael Cargill. We'll take part in a firearms safety course from our good friend Stephen Sheftall. And we will hear from a panel of gun rights activists about the latest in the fight for firearms freedom in Texas.
And for a limited time only if you come in to Brave New Books safely open carrying a firearm, you can get 10% off anything in the store! That's right. We want to celebrate your decision to take security in to your own hands by giving you 10% off any product in the store for safely open carrying your firearm .
Of course, books are now moving into the digital realm.
Oh man, I need coffee. When I first glanced at the title I thought it said “...offers discount for opera carriers.” I was thinking “Opera?! Walk in singing? Ha, I couldn’t carry a tune across the threshold in a bucket...”
The bookstore should just let the customer show a CHL/LTC at checkout and assume the licensee is carrying without having to show the handgun.
I miss Texas :/
Open carry is either trying to make some sort of statement or showing off. The last thing I want is someone knowing that I am carrying.
I carry for two reasons, first, defense of self and others.
The second reason is more important. The primary reason that I carry is for political purposes. As a member of the gun culture, of mature age and independent means, the chances of needing an EDC for defense of self and others are fairly low. The chances of needing to defend the Constitution from clear and present political dangers are everyday and common.
Carrying a firearm confirms the right of citizens to use force. It confirms that the ultimate sovereign is the individual citizen, not the State. It confirms that the federal and state constitutions mean something; are not infinitely malleable by the courts, and that government is limited by the rule of law.
Openly carried weapons visually and boldly declare that the Second Amendment is not merely faded ink on dusty parchment, and that the right to self defense is known and cherished. It is the equivalent of the rattle on the rattlesnake or the May Day military parade. It warns our enemies, foreign and domestic, “You do not want a piece of this!”
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