Open Carry at a Picnic

wcc · 06-25-2009, 04:57 PM

If this is supposed to be in PARF feel free to move it for me.

http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20090625/NEWS01/306220013/-1/middayupdates/Gun-toting-picnic-to-be-held-in-Traverse-City

TRAVERSE CITY — Gun advocates have a bang-up idea for a picnic in Traverse City.

A group called Michigan Open Carry Inc. plans to host a gun-toting picnic at Sunset Park on Saturday.

It's part of the nonprofit's ongoing effort to promote the legal, open carry of firearms and the Second Amendment to the Constitution.

Picnic attendees will walk around with pistols in hip holsters in a public park.

Not everyone is thrilled with the idea.

Virgilene Warren lives a few blocks from the park. She tells the Traverse City Record-Eagle she finds the picnic to be "a little disturbing."

charleskieffner · 06-25-2009, 05:36 PM

if i was a watermelon at that picnic.................i'd be DAMN CAREFUL hanging around there! YIKES!

Rick Lee · Rick Lee's Garage

Around here they organize open carry nights at Golden Corral, one of the few restaurants that doesn't serve alcohol.

island911 · 06-25-2009, 05:48 PM

In other news, some large groups of juveniles are expected to meet at a park, wielding baseball bats.

game at five.

bivenator · 06-25-2009, 06:43 PM

For some reason this strikes me as being on the same level as a gathering of nudists.

Gogar · 06-25-2009, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by bivenator

For some reason this strikes me as being on the same level as a gathering of nudists.

Or a gay pride parade, for that matter.

targa911S · 06-25-2009, 06:54 PM

open carry is legal here in PA. We don't need no stinking picnic!

charleskieffner · 06-25-2009, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Gogar

Or a gay pride parade, for that matter.

or a michael jackson "WEENIE ROAST!"

Crowbob · 06-25-2009, 07:03 PM

To quote MJ:

"i'll be there."

Rick Lee · Rick Lee's Garage

Open carry is legal in a lot of places, but not really allowed. Do it and you'll get a visit from the cops. These gatherings are sometimes the only way to have a meal in public while open carrying, as in some states, alcohol is served just about everywhere. When I've been to a nude beach, I'm often trying to look away from some of the disgusting stuff around me. Not so when folks have guns on display. I can't look enough.

Crowbob · 06-25-2009, 07:23 PM

Local cops are hitting the airwaves telling everybody they will be there in force. Mostly because, they say, to reduce the 911 calls. I expect numerous carriers will stroll around in front of the State Theater downtown, the home of Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival. Could be interesting.

9dreizig · 06-25-2009, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Rick Lee

Open carry is legal in a lot of places, but not really allowed. Do it and you'll get a visit from the cops. These gatherings are sometimes the only way to have a meal in public while open carrying, as in some states, alcohol is served just about everywhere. When I've been to a nude beach, I'm often trying to look away from some of the disgusting stuff around me. Not so when folks have guns on display. I can't look enough.

Hey Rick,, got any pics of nudists just wearing their guns ??

Shaun @ Tru6 · 06-25-2009, 07:47 PM

is Michigan so poor it can't afford paragraphs?

nice twist on a gay pride parade. everyone gets to feel special in the U.S. I guess.

island911 · 06-25-2009, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Shaun 84 Targa

is Michigan so poor it can't afford paragraphs?

nice twist on a gay pride parade. everyone gets to feel special in the U.S. I guess.

Is Cambridge so poor it can't afford Caps to start a sentence?

island911 · 06-25-2009, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Crowbob

Local cops are hitting the airwaves telling everybody they will be there in force....

So... will they be carrying?

HardDrive · 06-25-2009, 11:00 PM

Open carry doesn't bother me a bit as long as that person has a valid permit and their holstering it in a secure manner.

Now nude folks carrying guns....THAT just might irk me a bit.

xdshooter · 06-26-2009, 03:54 AM

I own two Pistols. A Springfield XD-45 ACP (Customized by Springfield-Armory..has Competition Trigger, better barrel, and the slide is painted a white, black, and gray camo). Then I have a Springfield XD-40 S&W (This is my Carry Pistol). Both have 4 inch barrels.

I do have a NH Pistol Permit and when I carry, I make sure the XD-40 is Concealed.

I don't dare think of Carrying the Firearm in Open Carry Position because I'm afraid if I do that then someone will notice, get scared, and call the cops.

slakjaw · 06-26-2009, 03:55 AM

How is this gay?

Sonic dB · Sonic dB's Garage

Michigan State University just legalized carrying on campus, as long as its not in a classroom.

Shaun @ Tru6 · 06-26-2009, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by slakjaw

How is this gay?

Gay Pride Parades are all about "look at me."

Same same.

Frolicking about in a park with open carry holsters (I'm sure they'll be well-rubbed and shiny) is as gay as you can get while carrying a gun. I'm guessing one of their friends will show up as a faux-robber and one of them (the guy with the winning raffle ticket) will get a chance to "save the day."

As a gun owner myself, I just don't get the overt display of firearms.