Taking Cramer To Task

[mrjarrell]

John Pierce, the Minneapolis Gun Rights Examiner takes Clayton Cramer to task for idiocy. Seems he doesn't really care for open carriers or gay people and he equated the act of open carry to pda's by gay people, (something his backwards mind apparently finds disgraceful). I, for one would rather have 100 gay or lesbian gun owners, or open carriers beside me than one person like Cramer. Sure, he may have done quite a bit for gun owners in the past, but he just wiped it all away at one fell swoop.

Up until now, if you had asked me to suggest pro-liberty authors, my list would certainly have included Clayton Cramer. After all, Cramer has a list of pro-Second Amendment accomplishments that is truly enviable.He has written several influential books on American gun rights, was cited in the key gun rights case of United States v. Emerson, has a regular column in Shotgun News and his work was instrumental in exposing the misinformation put forward by Michael A. Bellesiles in his book “Arming America.”
In short, Clayton Cramer has historically done a great deal to support gun rights and was someone I looked up to. But no longer …
In his latest (and very aptly named) Shotgun News column, entitled “How To Lose Friends”, Cramer addressed the recent spate of open carry incidents at presidential events. Fair enough … I too have addressed the issue including the negative aspects of the trend.
But Cramer did not stop there. Oh no. He went on to conflate open carry at presidential events with open carry generally, decreeing that open carry in any city is “dumb” and makes us look “crazy.” I find this to be ludicrous, but his rant gets worse … much worse!
Cramer then equates open carry with open displays of affection between gay couples. Now … I have nothing against this analogy. As a matter of fact, it is one that I use quite often. But not the way that Cramer used it!
And this is where Cramer went completely off track …

Read the rest at the source. And think about buying John's book for your kids.