“Are they idiots, jerks, morons, and dunbasses? YUP. 100%.”
I disagree. They’re exercising a fundamental right just as you and I exercise a fundamental right on Free Republic. And the same cops who would arrest them for photography are these days also arresting people for what they post on forums like FR.
The guys who walk around with rifles on their backs are acting to secure a right that we should have never given up. God bless them for doing this because they’re getting our rights back without needing to go to war.
And a pox on every last cop who harasses people who open carry even when it’s perfectly legal to do so.
I agree and disagree with your comment. I understand and support the exercising of ones rights. I guess I’m just more subtle and low key.
Who’s the jerk? The guy that walks into the bar to pick a fight or the guy that is minding his own business and ends the fight?
RE: The Open Carry Guys.....I see folks open carry all the time. And they’re doing just that, open carrry. What they’re not doing, in a time where folks are scared sh*tless of active shooter events and the like, are standing on a corner or walking into Walmart a couple of days after a mass casualty event with a rifle across their chest.
These cops do it right: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1G1IscWi58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N30TagPCNE4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDH0BDCdu4k
I get the whole.....Deez are muh rights....How about a little common courtesy to your fellow man/woman and not scare the living shit out of them for no reason other than to film cops for youtube.
Delta Force Sgt. Major Kyle Lamb (Ret.): Is open carry responsible? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6HpUi_oc9U
My point is, these guys are looking for a proverbial fight. And, because the cops are morons, more times than not, they end up in one. Because the cops are not used to being challenged nor know the actual law. One would think that this would be in roll-call training. It happened to a friend of mine who’s still in law enforcement. One of the civilians saw the guy with the camera and notified him. He walked out, talked to the guy and politely requested that if he plans on putting the video on social media that he have the courtesy to block any license plates, obscure the faces of any people he films and to be mindful of cars so he doesn’t get hit and move out of the way if someone is walking down the sidewalk. Turned around and walked away. Guy left a few minutes later.