Over the weekend, I received the following email:
Hey Caleb, big fan of Gun Nuts. Did you know about the Open Carry weekend going on with some of the other bloggers? Were you planning on showing your support of OC?
To answer both questions with one answer, “no”. Now, I predict that fully 1/3rd of the people reading this post will get to that, and skip everything else I’m going to write and jump into the comments section to lambast me over not supporting OC. Which is fine. For the rest of you, here’s the deal: I don’t generally open carry. I don’t get up in the morning and think, “hmmm, which gun in my carry rotation should I wear today” and then carefully select the holster that matches my outfit. I just carry a gun, the same gun I’ve carried every day since March this year.
But that’s not the point. The reason why I want to stop talking about Open Carry is because all the nonsense and drama that gets stirred up over this is just pointless. My question to everyone is this: why can’t we just carry our guns and not be dickheads? Open, concealed, whatever – just don’t be a dick. You’d think that would be easy, but it’s not.
When I was a young man, my grandfather (a Baptist preacher) had a book full of cartoons with religious humor. One of my favorites that sticks with me to this day is one of two aliens with an “ant” farm, where there is one big section labelled “Catholic” and one big section labelled “Protestant.” The punchline is that the Protestant side is subdivided into Baptist, Methodist, etc, and one of the aliens says “The funny thing is, even once you split ‘em up they’ll just subdivide and fight anyway!” We, as a firearms community are awesome at subdividing and fighting.
Are some advocates of open carry attention whores? Yes.
Are some advocates against open carry close-minded jerks? Yes.
Are some advocates of open carry thin skinned whiners? Yes.
Are some advocates against open carry egotistical know it alls? Yes.
SO. F*CKING. WHAT. To the open carry advocates: stop getting butthurt all over the internet when someone expresses their opinion of open carry. To the people against open carry: stop getting butthurt all over the internet when someone open carries.
Just shut up and carry your damn guns, and don’t be a dick. It’s simple.
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