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Recent content by tico

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    detained while open-carrying an AK + SVT-40 on my motorcycle

    imported post Hi all, I know we normally use the term "open carry" to refer to a holstered handgun, but I normally sling a rifle across my back when I ride my motorcycle to the shooting range or to show it off over at a friend's house. I've been doing so frequently without any incident in...
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    Friend of a friend savagely beaten in the street in front of my home last night

    imported post Hey guys, I know this isn't a story of self-defense, or a story about open-carrying, but I feel it's an important follow-up to my story of being attacked during Hurricane Ike, as I've already described here: http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum51/16554.html DISCLAIMER: I'm...
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    open carry (of a long gun) saved me during Hurricane Ike (Houston, TX)

    imported post Hey guys, I already posted this under the "Texas stories" section, before I realized that there was this category for all self-defense stories, so please forgive the cross-posting. http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum51/16554.html
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    open carry (of a long gun) saved me during Hurricane Ike; too bad handgun OC was illegal

    imported post Hello all -- Sorry to post these stories much later than they occurred, but things have been crazy around here (Houston), what with Hurricane Ike knocking out power and telephones (to say the least). Part 1: On Friday night (the night of the hurricane) I stopped by a...
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    progressive gun owners?

    imported post Hey guys, At the risk of starting a flame war of atomic proportions, I'm curious as to the following: What liberal or progressive or democratic gun owners/rights groups are at all active? I've known a number of folks that would describe themselves as politically moderate or...
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