That's too bad, because your missing out on a lot of quality people to meet.
with the exception of that Monkey guy... he's a real douche!
Ok I'm kidding.
he is missing out on a lot of good people here.
That's too bad, because your missing out on a lot of quality people to meet.
That's too bad, because your missing out on a lot of quality people to meet.
From a week and a thousand posts ago:
Again, read my posts in this thread. You'll learn something.
The more I ponder why there are so many who opposed this walk I have to wonder what their reasoning was.
While pondering this, a discussion I had with my brother-in-law came to mind.
He wanted to know why we wanted to educate others.
He asked, "wouldn't you feel more comfortable being the only one with a gun"?
Maybe that is the motivation here of those who opposed the walk.
Maybe they think, only they are qualified to own and carry a gun and any education of others is counter productive.
I guess you want to apologize for this now
I think attendance was hurt by the day it was held. Many men are tied up toting around their womenfolk. A lot of people also travel the entire weekend. Those that were home, often avoid getting out on Black Friday, period. They don't like traffic or crowds. This is also the weekend that deer hunters get pretty serious as they are running out of time if they haven't gotten one yet. The put and take pheasant hunting is going on at the State areas. This is probably the highest attended day. Duck and goose hunters over the whole state are out hunting.
I also think that there are a LOT of people on this board like Hornady that do not want many people on the internet knowing them in real life.
Then the weather turned cold and may have dissuaded some people that were on the fence anyway.
The thread on officer.com was about the OC walk on 11/01, there hasn't been a thread posted over there about today's walk. The meeting that SJ and IndyMonkey had with the representatives from IMPD and ISP guaranteed that there wasn't going to be a "confrontation", unless one of the walkers or an uninvolved person did something to necessitate one. I didn't take it personally, I just wanted to provide the definition of harassment, since it is sometimes improperly used.
I'm glad the walk went well and without incident. I heard that the INGOers and the cops were on their best behavior.
I don't doubt that. There are just some I choose not to meet.
I'm more than happy to apologize, admit I was wrong and kiss your...
Just show us all proof the event was positive.
I gotta agree with IM on this one. You really can't judge people from their online persona. There are quite a few people that I have butted heads with on INGO, that I later met in person, and I get along quote well with them..
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Just show us all proof the event was positive.
We didn't have to take up a collection for the "Joe Williams Legal Defense Fund".
The fact that WRTV went from a negative smear piece originally, to a more balanced piece later, is a positive outcome all in itself...
One thing I got out of this is no matter any of the who, what, when, where, why and how...there are always going to be those that own guns themselves, anything someone else does to help the cause simply isn't good enough for them and since they do not agree with your approach, then it's all wrong and nothing good will come out of it. And even after nothing bad happens, they are still in denial and won't budge on their stance. They won't see the light even when it is shining in their eyes.
Could somebody refresh my memory? Who was the INGO member who was in the process of starting his own website. I don't remember if it was going to be devoted to OC or just the 2nd amendment in general. I am thinking of doing some OC video blogging, though I would not tend to be as confrontational about it as some of the guys on youtube.