Just Make Sure To Hide Your Gun Under A Bushel
BY Herschel Smith4 years, 7 months ago
Tom Gresham, the host of Gun Talk, a nationally-syndicated radio show, says he will personally stop shopping at Walmart, and many of his listeners have told him they’ll do the same.
“The gun owners of America are not fooled,” he said. “Walmart has staked out its position in the culture wars, and we, the 100 million gun owners who don’t commit crimes, are like, wait a minute, you just threw us under the bus.”
Gresham, who has been carrying a concealed weapon for more than 25 years, says he hardly sees anybody openly carrying weapons near New Orleans, where he lives. “I probably have seen one person open-carrying this year,” he said. “But I know thousands of people who conceal carry every day.”
Walmart’s new policy prohibiting open carry, he says, doesn’t affect him. But the way he sees it, “these companies are doing nothing other than trying to show that they’re one of the cool kids.”
And although he’s carried around a firearm for at least 25 years, Gresham says it’s not something he likes to advertise.
“Getting away and being a good witness is often the best course of action,” he said. “If nobody knows I’m carrying a gun, it gives me an opportunity to do that.”
Um … what?
Being a good witness to what? People getting shot while you slip away? Or have I misinterpreted that?
Being a good witness in terms of hiding your gun so that you don’t have to explain it? Or do I misunderstand?
What’s he talking about? I’m not sure, but I don’t like it. As I’ve explained before, no man lives forever, and it matters how you die. I refuse to allow a criminal to kill innocent women and children because I wanted to “slip away,” while hiding my gun does that for me.
This is just more of the same shaming of gun owners we’ve witnessed over the last several years. At some point men have to have scruples and spine, and at some point men have to stop hiding their guns under a bushel.
If I’ve misinterpreted what Mr. Gresham is saying, he’s welcome to drop by and elaborate or correct me. But based on my reading of the Holy Writ, God expects more of men than that, especially men whom He has called to Himself and given His name.
On September 9, 2019 at 10:19 pm, Arthur Sido said:
What people miss over and over in the Wal-Mart P.R. fiasco is not that they are requesting that the handful of open carriers refrain from doing so in their stores, nor that they are not going to carry .223 and handgun ammo anymore. It is that the CEO of Wal-Mart is lobbying for Congress to revisit the “assault weapons” ban. What Wal-Mart does in their stores is their business, I can choose to shop elsewhere but when the CEO of Wal-Mart is lobbying to infringe my rights whether I shop there or not? That is a different matter entirely. THAT is what gun owners should be angry about.
On September 10, 2019 at 11:07 am, revjen45 said:
1) Phuque Wal-Mart.
2)”…and it matters how you die.” True dat!
Assuming we are discussing a “mass shooting” and not just ordinary “gun violence”:
It is impossible to accurately speculate what one would do, given the infinity of variables in play. If I see somebody opening fire on people within my immediate area I’m (probably) going to engage because the threat directly involves me. If I hear shots and pandemonium from somewhere outside my field of view I’m not running into an unknown situation to take it on. If I escape I’m leaving most Rikki-tik, preferably before the cops get there. I have no interest in participating in a legal/media circus.
3) For an excellent article on the pros and cons of sticking your face into other peoples’ problems:
http://stoppingpower.net/commentary/comm_dangers_in_intervention.asp
It’s not written with an eye toward a mass shooting, but it’s great for showing why you don’t want get involved with ugly stuff you can avoid.
4) Jumping in with gun drawn is just likely to get you shot by cops, sheepdogs, and/or any other armed person who wants to participate.
5) On those rare occasions when I might find myself in the China-Mart I will continue to CC, and if challenged by store toadies I will set down any intended purchases on the spot and leave.