Our open carry activist friends up in Michigan ran into a little trouble last month at the Lansing Ponderosa.
Raw footage:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YilytOvgbrU]YouTube - Lansing Ponderosa Encounter - Raw footage Police detaining and trying to illegally obtain ID's Pt 1[/ame]
News footage:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDw_UxnIpXk&feature=related]YouTube - Ponderosa Open Carry Event on TV10 - Police unlawfully detained everyone and had no idea what to do![/ame]
Listen, I respect the activism. Not my thing, but I support the right.
That said, I hope our activists do us all a favor and remember that sheep vote.
The sight of a holstered sidearm is unusual enough for some people. Showing up at a family restaurant with an AR-15 slung over your shoulder is quite another. Oh, and conservative attire might help also. The restaurant owner was nice enough to welcome them, but then they had to see how far they could push his hospitality.
There is a right way and a wrong way to influence and/or desensitize people. Scaring the sh*t out of people wouldn't be the right way.
We also have the right to free speech, but screaming in someone's face isn't going to win you any friends.
To our Michigan/activist friends, please do us all a favor and try not to scare the sheep so badly that they vote against us? The idea is to be viewed as responsible gun owners.
Just a constructive suggestion.
Raw footage:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YilytOvgbrU]YouTube - Lansing Ponderosa Encounter - Raw footage Police detaining and trying to illegally obtain ID's Pt 1[/ame]
News footage:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDw_UxnIpXk&feature=related]YouTube - Ponderosa Open Carry Event on TV10 - Police unlawfully detained everyone and had no idea what to do![/ame]
Listen, I respect the activism. Not my thing, but I support the right.
That said, I hope our activists do us all a favor and remember that sheep vote.
The sight of a holstered sidearm is unusual enough for some people. Showing up at a family restaurant with an AR-15 slung over your shoulder is quite another. Oh, and conservative attire might help also. The restaurant owner was nice enough to welcome them, but then they had to see how far they could push his hospitality.
There is a right way and a wrong way to influence and/or desensitize people. Scaring the sh*t out of people wouldn't be the right way.
We also have the right to free speech, but screaming in someone's face isn't going to win you any friends.
To our Michigan/activist friends, please do us all a favor and try not to scare the sheep so badly that they vote against us? The idea is to be viewed as responsible gun owners.
Just a constructive suggestion.