In the chaos following the sniper attack, which killed five
police officers patrolling the march, the presence of numerous armed
individuals running through the streets made it difficult for officers to
distinguish between suspects and marchers, feeding the misconception that there
were multiple assailants at large.
You and I see that as an actual problem. Not everyone does.
C. J. Grisham, president of Open Carry Texas, told The
Dallas Morning News that “the bad guys are the ones shooting,” so it shouldn’t be
hard to separate the good guys from the bad guys.
Mr. Grisham told the Associated Press that open-carry
activists can prevent alarm by keeping their gun slung on their back with their
muzzle pointing down and not touching it to make it clear they don't intend to
be confrontational.
See how simple that is. Then there's Mayor Rawlings and Sgt. Dyer who don't see the simplicity.
"Even open carry proponents will see the common sense in restricting open carry in environments like a
protest," Sergeant Dyer said.
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, a Democrat and a shotgun owner,
also called for tightening the state's gun laws to restrict carrying rifles and
shotguns to public events, including sports games and protests. "This
stuff should be common sense and not driven by ideology," Mr. Rawlings
said.
Common sense is a violation of the second amendment. Sorry.
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