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Rough Around the Edgewater

With only one dissenting vote, the city of Edgewater has officially banned the open carry of firearms, with at least one city council member attempting to tie the carrying of guns to white supremacy… At a June 7 meeting, Councilmember Hannah Gay Keao — who doubles as a Mom’s Demand Action gun control activist — suggested language be added to the ordinance stipulating that gun violence can be mostly attributed to white supremacy, a trait at least one other council member then connected to right-of-center political ideology. [More]

So that explains Chicago, DC, Baltimore, St. Louis…

And don’t worry: She doesn’t want to allow concealed carry, either.

These people just open their mouths and spew and it doesn’t matter what erupts. They have a ready audience of cultists ready to lick it up and gulp it down.

Naturally, she also demands power.

[Via Michael G]

More Than a Feeling

“So, yes, I understand the Second Amendment. I understand, you know, bearing arms, but we also need to make sure that we can ensure that folks feel safe in their communities.” [More]

Feelings. Nothing more than feelings.

Seeing as how the ones doing the killings aren’t eligible to take advantage of the open carry law, I don’t suppose there are any, you know, individual choices your congregants could make that would have more of an effect…?

And that’s a pretty big “but” you’ve got there, pastor.

[Via Steve T]

A Historical Understanding

Mural in U.S. Capitol Shows Wide Acceptance of Open Carry in 1862 [More]

And before that…

The New Old Standard

Colorado U.S. District Court issues TRO against magazine and gun ban [More]

Bruen looks to be doing some good, although it looks like the judge still thinks open carry infringements pass muster, which is curious if the benchmark is text, history, and tradition.

[Via Jess]

An Open Dialog

Some Shortcomings of Open Carry [More]

He makes some good points.

So do some of his critics. The angry and rude hostility that comes out in some of the responses though, when people believe they are anonymous and therefore not accountable, makes me wonder how many behave like that face-to-face.

For the record: I have written to Mike DeWine and the two governors before him in my state, Ohio, to get the “Only Ones” trained to stop threatening and assaulting open carriers. But I don’t personally open carry for the same reason I won’t rack a shotgun slide to “scare away” an intruder.

The Heartbreak of Hoplophobia

“If someone is intimidated or has some irrational fear of an inanimate object openly strapped to someone’s hip, they should talk to their therapist, not write a letter to the town council,” Balboni said. [More]

Then Elizabeth McGuire goes on to prove him right.

[Via Remarks]

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