Mr Jody Hudson wrote:I don't understand???
I understand your concern about protecting yourself.
But go to the PAFOA site that is on the front page. Check out the open carry part of the forum. The thread with the most post is what to look at. The group over there have meet and greets much like we do. While at the Old Country Buffet in Dickson City someone called the cops. They showed up, harrassed the gun owners, stole their guns, ran them through the 'registry' and kept those guns that weren't 'owned' by the person carrying them.
The main person that they picked on and who's rights were violated is a FFL gun shop owner. His back up gun was confiscated because it wasn't in the 'registry'. This man (PaPatriot) knows the gun laws better then most everyone. And he knows his rights. Currently There are 5 law suits filed against the police. 2 are federal charges.
And the law abiding victims will win.
It's not just the LEO's and criminals that don't want guns traced back to them. Most everyone has reasons for keeping the government out of our business. Confiscation, almost always illegal, is high on everyones list. And the government just doesn't respect our rights.
Just read all the threads. Here and at PAFOA. Also check out the opencarry.org site:
http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/
Guns are being stolen from the law abiding citizens ever week. By the police. Politicians are also guilty but in a much larger scale. They don't trust us and don't like us carrying or even owning guns. Especially open carry. Leo's think that only they have that right.
The guns I do own don't have the holster available to even open carry with retention. They are designed for concealed carry and that all you can find in holsters. This purchase is more for our meetings, since it's an open carry meeting, and have the retention capability.
Knowing that we will eventually be harassed by LEO's at one of these events, and that the gun will show up in the 'registry' as belonging to someone else, almost guarantees that the police will violate my rights and steal my gun.
This whole thing is about reducing the illegal practices that the police are involved in. Read cappilots open carry log and see where his instructor, an active duty police officer is totally against open carry by citizens. And the lengths that he will go to, including killing someone just for exercising their rights.
And he knows open carry is legal.
"The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire." - Robert A. Heinlein
What a shame that we have the two major political parties that believe the former.