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GWL Holders Open Carry Their Guns To The OCCUPY ATLANTA Event?

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There are a lot of second amendment supporting folks that are part of the Occupy movement. This isn't an us vs. them contest.
 
I don't think there would be any net benefit from doing it. On the same note, there will be no net benefit from the Occupiers doing what they are doing either. They seem to be pissing off a lot of decent people by doing what they are doing. I think it would be fun to piss them off with our responsibility, niceness and respect for the US Constitution (All of it).

Why are so many people willing to push their First Amendment rights on other people but not very many people are willing to assert their Second Amendment rights?

I'm sure there are many who would love to exercise their 2nd amendment, but most likely at an opportune time. I just don't see any correlation here whatsoever.
 
I don't see any good that could come from this. Especially for the firearms community. Not everyone there is a bleeding-heart liberal, but MANY are so it would just add fuel to the fire. Add in the violent protestors, a redneck with a bad temper and itchy trigger finger, police and you have a situation that could get out of hand quickly.
 
I have read what HGUNHNTR has had to say on other threads.

The things the 99%ers are asking for are basically a turn toward Marxism.

"To each according to his need, From each according to his ability."

The people who are protesting are clinging to their first amendment rights. Are you aware that they don't have a First Amendment right in a Communist Country... Try protesting like this in Cuba and see where it gets you...

The protesters need to be reminded that our SECOND AMENDMENT secures their right to the FIRST AMENDMENT. That would be my purpose for carrying a gun at the Occupy events. The very things they are protesting for would take away their right to protest if they instituted it. The whole idea is moronic.

I started this thread to get opinions, not to try to get something to happen. I think it would be fun to sit back and watch but I don't think I would want to deal with the cops in Atlanta. I would probably be asked to leave out of respect for public safety.
 
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I don't see any good that could come from this. Especially for the firearms community. Not everyone there is a bleeding-heart liberal, but MANY are so it would just add fuel to the fire. Add in the violent protestors, a redneck with a bad temper and itchy trigger finger, police and you have a situation that could get out of hand quickly.

If anyone does go down there OC-ing and stirs up trouble I will be f-ing pissed and so will the rest of the firearms community. Either you OC on your best behavior or you stay home. Don't make the rest of us look bad just so that you can feel like a badass.
 
If anyone does go down there OC-ing and stirs up trouble I will be f-ing pissed and so will the rest of the firearms community. Either you OC on your best behavior or you stay home. Don't make the rest of us look bad just so that you can feel like a badass.

I agree with what you are saying. I started this thread to see what people thought about it. If somebody with a gun goes down there and acts like the other idiots down there, then they deserve what they get.

I wonder why only Gun People are held to a higher standard. You can be a retard (no offense to the disabled) and get by with anything related to the First Amendment, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth... etc...
 
The people who are protesting are clinging to their first amendment rights. Are you aware that they don't have a First Amendment right in a Communist Country... Try protesting like this in Cuba and see where it gets you...
Nobody is looking for a turn to cummunism, just some accountability. Your soap box is a little too high.
 
I carry and would not change my habits if ,for some reason, I had to go down to the area where the protesters are located. However, I would not go down there for the sake of just showing up armed and ready, it is just asking for trouble. Maybe we are held to a higher standard because we tend to be more practical, realistic, and responsible than the majority of the "Occupiers"?????
 
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