NRA opposes Texas "open carry" rallies

[gabosaurus]

Fairly odd.

http://blog.chron.com/texaspolitics/2014/06/nra-texas-open-carry-rallies-downright-weird-and-scary/#23911101=0

[tailfins]

Fairly odd.

http://blog.chron.com/texaspolitics/2014/06/nra-texas-open-carry-rallies-downright-weird-and-scary/#23911101=0


There's nothing odd about it. Smart activists rely on the judgement of experienced advocacy. Think of the political dividends if Todd Akin, Cristine O'Donnell, Richard Mourdock and Sharron Angle had attended a RNC candidate's workshop and learned how to stay 100% on message, not leaving one word they say to chance.

[jimnyc]

“Let’s not mince words, not only is it rare, it’s downright weird and certainly not a practical way to go normally about your business while being prepared to defend yourself,” it added. “It makes folks who might normally be perfectly open-minded about firearms feel uncomfortable and question the motives of pro-gun advocates.”

I believe the NRA would have a similar stance about the nitwits that run around town with AK's just poking at police to see how they respond.

[Jeff]

Most don't want to walk around carrying open, I can but don't, my carrying is for my protection not to try and make me look like a tough guy or worse yet to look like a threat to someone. Everything I have received from the NRA goes right along with that. The Constitution gives us the right to protect ourselves and carrying the way I do does that the best way, yes we have loons that see a gun and want to challenge. In fact most of all the courses I have heard or read they tell you if a incident occurs if you can get a tag # or better yet get the police there while it is happening that is best, pulling one's gun is a last resort.

With that said most of the guys you see carrying long guns at protest and stuff like that are doing so just to protest, once home most will go back to being the guy next door, with that said yes there are people that take it to far but the majority don't.

[fj1200]

There's nothing odd about it. Smart activists rely on the judgement of experienced advocacy. Think of the political dividends if Todd Akin, Cristine O'Donnell, Richard Mourdock and Sharron Angle had attended a RNC candidate's workshop and learned how to stay 100% on message, not leaving one word they say to chance.

Blam! Right on!

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Of course O'Donnell was whack-a-doodle well before she was running for Senate. But you did miss the guy in Colorado that muffed his campaign too.

[Jeff]

Same story different site.



The National Rifle Association is calling people who choose to publicly display firearms for the sole purpose of making a statement "foolish" and "attention-hungry."

"Let's not mince words, not only is it rare, it's downright weird and certainly not a practical way to go normally about your business while being prepared to defend yourself," the NRA writes in a story posted to the website of its lobbying arm, the Institute for Legislative Action. (http://www.nraila.org/news-issues/articles/2014/5/good-citizens-and-good-neighbors-the-gun-owners-role.aspx)

"To those who are not acquainted with the dubious practice of using public displays of firearms as a means to draw attention to oneself or one's cause, it can be downright scary. It makes folks who might normally be perfectly open-minded about firearms feel uncomfortable and question the motives of pro-gun advocates."


http://www.newsmax.com/US/nra-guns-open-carry-rights/2014/06/02/id/574731/