Anti-OC Op-Ed in Greencastle's Banner Graphic

[Pointman]

Not sure if anyone else posted this but I found this op-ed in the Greencastle Banner Graphic concerning open carry. Obviously the march of the goon squad operatives is well underway if they're getting down to these small local papers more frequently used for bird cages than obtaining "news"....

Greencastle Banner-Graphic: Letter to the Editor: 'Open carry' a bad idea (03/12/10)

 

[indytechnerd]

Seems kinda vague. I'm not sure the guy knows the laws, and I'm not sure if it's pro-OC or anti-OC...

I won't go into his analysis of ballistics and trajectory.

I give that letter a for being absolutely lukewarm and milquetoast.

 

[Bubba]

I'm not sure what's going on in Savannah, GA, but why is that letter in an Indiana paper? "Consider open carry carefully and only for self defense." Where are people OCing a non-self defense weapon? Haute couture fashion runways? LARPing? What exactly is the point of this letter?

 

[RA8]

He effectively established credibility, but then forgot to make an argument.

 

[rex soldier]

he must have seen me carrying in wally world . i never did like that news paper very much . kinda liberal like the college there .

 

[Kirk Freeman]

What the devil was that? Did that make any sense to anyone here?

I say, I say, it's all the fried foods that they eat down there. It obstructs proper blood flow to the brain.

 

[eldirector]

So..... Is he for our against open carry?

Either way, I sent in a comment. Tried to be nice! We'll see if it gets posted.

 

[Eddie]

So if I open carry, the bullets will go farther! Sounds like a new argument in favor of open carry!

 

[jbombelli]

That has top be one of the dumbest things I ever read in my life. I feel stupider for having read it.

 

[indytechnerd]

So if I open carry, the bullets will go farther! Sounds like a new argument in favor of open carry!

No, the bullets won't go farther, but if you OC you have to be aware of how far they'll go. It doesn't matter so much if you're CCing. I think that might be only for .44's strapped to the hip with a holster tied to the leg, though.

 

[mrjarrell]

That's got to be the oddest and most scatterbrained LTE that I've ever read. It really makes no sense whatsoever and is filled with typos.

 

[Archbishop]

My take on it, its written to say don't wear you're gun to show off. Recognize how much power it has and treat it as such. Only carry for self defense not to show off.
Umm, OK.

 

[ATM]

People on 'ludes should not type.


I'm sure he feels strongly about


...something?

 

[AndersonIN]

He makes about as much sense as my Ex-wife! Scares me!

 

[Protest]

So if I open carry, the bullets will go farther! Sounds like a new argument in favor of open carry!

Everybody knows that bullets fired from a CC handgun travel well under 300 ft.

This guy probably hasn't fired a weapon since 1971.

 

[evansvillethompsongunner]

That has top be one of the dumbest things I ever read in my life. I feel stupider for having read it.

This "is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in his rambling, incoherent response was he even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this forum is now dumber for having read it. I award him no points, and may God have mercy on his soul."

- slightly modified quote, 'Billy Madison'

 

[IndyBeerman]

Everybody knows that bullets fired from a CC handgun travel well under 300 ft.

This guy probably hasn't fired a weapon since 1971.

He says that he qualified with a .38 and M-16, I'm thinking early days of the M-16 in the service and the .38 after leaving said service and into a LEO job.

Maybe 63-65

 

[patton487]

He dosen't even live in Indiana, go back to Georgia

 

[rhino]

Looks like the editor wanted to run it because it seemed anti-open carry, kinda. Maybe. I can't tell.

Anyway, when I read the subject line of this topic, I thought it might be a letter from some Greencastle resident who was all bent out of shape after seeing me carry openly in Greencastle pretty much everywhere I go there. Apparently no one has noticed me yet.

 

[Pointman]

Looks like the editor wanted to run it because it seemed anti-open carry, kinda. Maybe. I can't tell.

Anyway, when I read the subject line of this topic, I thought it might be a letter from some Greencastle resident who was all bent out of shape after seeing me carry openly in Greencastle pretty much everywhere I go there. Apparently no one has noticed me yet.

That's probably what got my goat the most was this guy from GA who doesn't even know what Indiana law is. Then he rambles on... After the NY Times story on the "next big thing" in the "gun nutz" movement is OC I guess I'm taking it out on this lost soul...

As for OC in GC, there may be a few prof's around campus that might raise an eyebrow, otherwise no one bats an eye that I've noticed.