fishingsetx
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- Feb 15, 2015
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Had an interesting conversation with one of our local NRA reps yesterday. We got to talking about OC and the numerous 30.06/30.07 signs going up at local gas stations. The first words out of his mouth were "i would never OC, it only makes you a target, why show your hand and be the first person shot when a bad guy walks in to rob a place!" like to have floored me!
I can understand the "show your hand" argument from a tactical standpoint (although i dont completely agree with it), but the rest is just pure hog wash! Since he was a customer, i just shook my head and changed the subject, but i would have expected better from someone who was a rep for the NRA. I really wanted to ask him to cite where this has happened in the other 44 states where OC is legal, but i could tell, it would have got me nowhere and probably just started an argument.
Its this kind of thing that will eventually cost us. When a group of gun rights activists fall for the anti gun propoganda and take it as fact, that doesnt bode well for the rest of us. Id be curious to know how prevelant this view was within the NRA.
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I can understand the "show your hand" argument from a tactical standpoint (although i dont completely agree with it), but the rest is just pure hog wash! Since he was a customer, i just shook my head and changed the subject, but i would have expected better from someone who was a rep for the NRA. I really wanted to ask him to cite where this has happened in the other 44 states where OC is legal, but i could tell, it would have got me nowhere and probably just started an argument.
Its this kind of thing that will eventually cost us. When a group of gun rights activists fall for the anti gun propoganda and take it as fact, that doesnt bode well for the rest of us. Id be curious to know how prevelant this view was within the NRA.
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