Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

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I actually saw Billy Jack in the movie theater when I was a kid. A buddy and I thought it was a bad ass movie, although there was a current running that I couldn’t quite place. Being 12 at the time, I didn’t understand the political statement it was making.

Pretty certain I first saw Billy Jack at the base cinema just after I enlisted .
 
The motivational part of that one is that the crew saved the boat (and themselves). We almost lost that one. Lots of injuries and one sailor killed. Hitting an immovable object (seamount) at flank speed. Going from 30kts+ to zero while standing in engineering spaces in terrifying. About 2/3 of the crew were injured in one way or another.
 
Pretty certain I first saw Billy Jack at the base cinema just after I enlisted .

You could always count on base cinemas for the staples like Billy Jack, Bruce Lee, ...
 


We'll see what happens but, frankly, I don't want to be the "test case." I'll stay concealed, unless I"m somewhere where OC is SOP (like an outdoor range or something).

Besides, I can't imagine the legislature not trying to pony up new laws/restrictions pronto. Nor can I imagine certain LEAs not wanting to stop harassing OC'ers in their AO.
 
We'll see what happens but, frankly, I don't want to be the "test case." I'll stay concealed, unless I"m somewhere where OC is SOP (like an outdoor range or something).

When OC happened here I was expecting incidents and headlines but it never happened.
 
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When OC happened here I was expecting incidents and headlines but it never happened.

Most excellent. But I"m not as confident with the locals in my area. I know how "anti" the people are, here. Maybe you got lucky with the people in your area. But, more fundamentally, I just don't care to OC. Much prefer to stay concealed and not "advertise' what I have on me. And I don't want to get in the habit of OCing, only to have the legislature ban it again.

We'll see how it goes. If it stabilizes, I'll reconsider.
 
Can anyone really make a good argument why open carry, outside of political protests to make a point, would ever be appropriate? Even off duty uniformed officers usually prefer to carry concealed. Obviously, most criminals do.
 
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Can anyone really make a good argument why open carry, outside of political protests to make a point, would ever be appropriate? Even off duty uniformed officers usually prefer to carry concealed. Obviously, most criminals do.

Best reason is because when you are concealed carrying and your shirt or jacket lift up you are now open carrying in many states. That way when you have a CCW, you are covered.
 
Can anyone really make a good argument why open carry, outside of political protests to make a point, would ever be appropriate? Even off duty uniformed officers usually prefer to carry concealed. Obviously, most criminals do.
I've never seen anyone open carry in town... In my state it was a natural progression from hunting with pistols. Obviously you had to be able to carry said pistol. So state became defacto open carry. Been that way for I think 40 years. Towns can make an ordinance against doing so in city limits. Most haven't bothered. Still never see it.
If I would witness it, it's an easy way to identify a retard that has otherwise been passing as normal IQ.