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Cabelas Carry Policy
A-FIXER:
Tradhunter, Maybe some rethinking can be struck by e-mailing again to cabelas stating the acceptance of the store's policys but still one is able to ccw in the store. as with much of the society people are begging to hear their own outcry or injustice done to them because of fear they are feeling fear of an open firearm in public and not in the field JMHO..... NOT TO SAY YOU AGREE BUT ABIDE JUST AS A respecting outdoorsman. :) :D
You can blast back at me but I am not trying to pick on you, just saying when I blow off steam and I see it differently I have a choice to correct it... or accept it makes me a better knowing I done my best to seek reconciled differences I'm just a normal guy like you.... and yes somethings make me angry but hope at my old age I've learned a few things the hardway is not always the way to go.
tradhunter:
Well, just an update, there has been no reply from Cabelas regarding this issue. One person writing a letter isn't going to get their attention, and I know that. The only thing that will is money, or bad press that will lead to money issues. The only way to accomplish any policy change with a company like this is to become COLLECTIVELY active, not be passive and settle for crumbs. Maybe it's just me, but if I strongly disagree with business practices a certain company exercises, I go elsewhere. Even if it means I might spend a little time finding what I want, or spending a little more supporting a business I agree with. Incremental restrictions on firearms are the number 1 threat to our firearm ownership and rights. Once those are dissolved, everything's fair game. I am fully aware of every business owners rights to restrict firearm carry, but don't you think it's extremely hippo critical of them to do what they are doing? And come on people, grow a back bone. "DON'T STIR THE POT WITH THEM!", or " "THEY GIVE US FREE FOOD". Are you kidding!?! Don't forget who needs who here! Boy, if you think putting your name on a list, calling yourself a member and wearing a funny hat full of pins is enough to secure your rights that you don't exercise, or get your hands dirty defending, you are sorely mistaken. People in a lot more powerful positions than us are working a lot harder than this against us. I find it very disheartening to hear people say they are happy with a sort of bribe for relinquishing some of their rights to a store policy. Especially a store profiting off of the very exercise being aborted. Here's an idea, GO SOMEWHERE ELSE! Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I guess I'd like to see a little spirit of the sixties, and wittiness people actively and non-violently protesting and becoming active in the community on issues important to them. Did black people "settle" for the back seat of the bus because it was an OK compromise from sleeping in the barn and being someones property? NO. All men are inherently equal, and they wanted their equality, uncompromising equality. Rights not exercised atrophy and die. For the sake of rebuttal, the right to "Open Carry" was given to us by the state, in our STATE constitution. Some states do not have open carry.
I not only am active but I also exercise my right to open carry in public because of many personal reasons, and the fact that I recognize the need to be a positive advocate to gun owners rights. I recognize that we are just as important as capitol hill lobbyists. I myself must be a polite, well informed open carrying advocate that can represent firearm owners in a positive way. That means I have to take extra precautions in how I conduct myself in public. I sometimes have to put up with funny looks, or inquiry, but I'm happy to. And for the record, I have had only positive inquiry until this day at Cabelas, and I have NEVER seen ANYONE else open carrying EVER. I would love to here excuses for that.
JimP:
Read this again, Tradhunter:
"All persons are by nature free and independent, and have certain inherent and inalienable rights; among these are life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and the right to keep and bear arms for security or defense of self, family, home, and others, and for lawful common defense, hunting, recreational use, and all other lawful purposes, and such rights shall not be denied or infringed by the state or any subdivision thereof. To secure these rights, and the protection of property, governments are instituted among people, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."
Words mean something. "Inherent" means we already have those rights. The State did not give us squat. The Constitution only serves to tell the State of its limitations, not to tell We The People what we can and can't do. The laws passed and enforced by the State do that. The Constitution constrains the State in its regulation of The People.
As for :"I have NEVER seen ANYONE else open carrying EVER. I would love to here excuses for that. " ..... just because you have never seen something does not mean it does not happen. You've never seen me respond to a Fire/Rescue call- that does not mean I don't........ I know Kim, Jay and I have all OC'd in Nebraska City and Plattsmouth, for various reasons. And demanding excuses for why someone does not OC is as wrong as demanding excuses why someone CCWs......
tradhunter:
I see what you mean when you say the state didn't give us the right to open carry. I guess they just didn't take it away, not the same as giving it. You're definitely right there. I guess that would be like me saying churches are state funded because they are tax exempt, when in reality the state didn't give them anything, just didn't TAKE from them. By saying I have never seen anyone oc I didn't mean NO ONE does, just that it is odd not enough do that I would never see anyone, ever. When weighed out and mused over, one should be better off open carrying than cc. I don't want top get into a oc or cc debate, but if you look into long term public and political effect and endless testimonies from violent crime offenders, open carry is definitely the way to go most of the time. Thanks for your feedback.
bullit:
"but if you look into long term public and political effect and endless testimonies from violent crime offenders, open carry is definitely the way to go most of the time"
I'm curious what your source(s) is/are for such an opinion.
I know one thing you have given up the element of surprise young Skywalker.
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