Gun Owners tired of hiding weapons - embrace 'open carry'


	Gun Owners tired of hiding weapons - embrace 'open carry'

hitchhiker08

6-8-2008 9:59 AM

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gun owners, weapons, guns, automatic, semi-automatic, arms laws, opencarry.org

hitchhiker08 says:

Debatable?! 'part of a fledgling movement to make a firearm as common an accessory as an iPod. Called "open carry" by its supporters' . Is a mighty effective method to keep hoods at bay, I'd say...

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6-10-2008 12:14 PM

Socratoad

After a couple of hours at the bar I suspect it just might be difficult figuring who and who is not a hood.

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