Author Topic: Open carry controversy in Arnold. (Read 3998 times)

Chuck Matson · « **on:** September 11, 2013, 04:20:29 PM »

http://www.knopnews2.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=8740

unfy · « **Reply #1 on:** September 11, 2013, 06:27:56 PM »

I don't see the controversy ?

Sure, folks reacted a bit strongly but at the end of the day it looked like no big deal ?

GreyGeek · « **Reply #2 on:** September 11, 2013, 06:43:48 PM »

When people get "uncomfortable" with other people expressing their Constitutional Rights we have serious education problems to overcome.

So, how far do we let this lowest common denominator of "un-comfortableness" go? Some people are extremely fearful and squeamish. It doesn't take much to make them "uncomfortable". If they get "uncomfortable" when you exercise your 1st amendment rights of freedom of religion or of speech do we stifle that right? It's nothing more than another flavor of "political correctness" run amok.

NebraskaGunner · « **Reply #3 on:** September 11, 2013, 06:54:26 PM »

Idiot.

Chuck Matson · « **Reply #4 on:** September 11, 2013, 07:09:38 PM »

Quote from: NebraskaGunner on September 11, 2013, 06:54:26 PM

Idiot.

I concur.

Husker_Fan · « **Reply #5 on:** September 11, 2013, 08:01:19 PM »

Lots of activities are constitutionally protected, but still pretty stupid to do.

barmandr · « **Reply #6 on:** September 11, 2013, 09:34:44 PM »

The guy is a moron and gives open carry/2A advocates a bad name. To arm oneself in that fashion, near a school, is asinine. A pistol on a belt draws a whole lot less unwanted attention than a "tacticool" shotgun and a bandolier of shells slung "Rambo" style does...and you still would be exercising your 2A rights. The "I'm a badass, don't I look cool" gloves don't help.

Mudinyeri · « **Reply #7 on:** September 12, 2013, 08:39:40 AM »

Having seen a picture of the individual in question, I suspect that the residents were as uncomfortable with the individual, if not more so, as they were with the firearm.

CitizenClark · « **Reply #8 on:** September 12, 2013, 12:06:54 PM »

Quote from: Mudinyeri on September 12, 2013, 08:39:40 AM

Having seen a picture of the individual in question, I suspect that the residents were as uncomfortable with the individual, if not more so, as they were with the firearm.

I have no idea what you mean! In this picture from his Facebook profile he appears to be a paragon of the best practices in both firearms handling and public relations (second from left):

bkoenig · « **Reply #9 on:** September 12, 2013, 12:38:31 PM »

And he has bad taste in beer, to boot.

GreyGeek · « **Reply #10 on:** September 12, 2013, 12:46:58 PM »

Is that a Nebraska football helmet on the shelf behind them?

greg58 · « **Reply #11 on:** September 12, 2013, 01:08:02 PM »

Taken in a trailer no less...

Greg58

66bigblock · « **Reply #12 on:** September 12, 2013, 02:43:45 PM »

unless the guy on the right in the blue has a 7 foot arm, something is wrong with this pic. One too many right arms.

Photoshop??

66bigblock

OnTheFly · « **Reply #13 on:** September 12, 2013, 03:27:37 PM »

Quote from: 66bigblock on September 12, 2013, 02:43:45 PM

unless the guy on the right in the blue has a 7 foot arm, something is wrong with this pic. One too many right arms.

Photoshop??

66bigblock

No. For ease of description, if we label them from left to right as Idiot #1 through Idiot #6, Idiot #5 has his right arm (holding bottle) around Idiot #3.

Fly

Gary · « **Reply #14 on:** September 12, 2013, 04:01:39 PM »

Having this firepower to walk into purchase convenience store items, is asking for trouble. Is this mentality the failure of parents, schools, churches, or just who???, I do not know.

I say if this guy is this aggressive, place him on a plane and let him wander around in Afghanistan serving. Put him to work.

Gary · « **Reply #15 on:** September 12, 2013, 04:03:57 PM »

A favorite Tee Shirt is:

If you mess with me, you mess with the whole trailer park!

66bigblock · « **Reply #16 on:** September 12, 2013, 04:42:55 PM »

In the original photo, what hat is he wearing?

Google images says it looks like a flag of Kurdistan?

Wierd bunch of dudes fo sho.

66bigblock

AAllen · « **Reply #17 on:** September 12, 2013, 05:03:59 PM »

It's really hard to tell from the photo, lots of people think Iraq, it's a red, white and black striped with Arabic words in green in the white stripe. The bottom stripe could be black with the flag having a green boarder, you just can not tell from the photo.

Chris C · « **Reply #18 on:** September 12, 2013, 06:00:21 PM »

Tubby Jones standing there in the middle with the hat cocked to the side standing in front of the Confederate Flag seems a bit confused.

All of them are F'n idiots.

wallace11bravo · « **Reply #19 on:** September 12, 2013, 06:01:13 PM »

This is the Kurdish flag:

I would say either Iraq or Syria.

Iraq (as of 2008):

Syria (Assad Regime):

The newest version of the Iraqi flag was distributed in large volumes, in various sizes and media, beginning in mid-2008, using your tax dollars. This was done in order to facilitate a "National Pride" campaign that was synchronized with the standing up of pro-U.S. militia organizations (funded, including their salaries, by your tax dollars) known as the "Sons of Iraq," in many rural areas(especially border areas where IP and IA forces were lacking) in order to prevent the influence and infiltration of Iranian JAM agents and deny AQI a safehaven.

Anywho, these large quantities of hats, shirts, flags, etc were overstocked. I still have a few, including a hat that looks just like that one.