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http://www.independent.com/news/2010/jun/08/keep-and-bear
[align=center]To Keep and to Bear
[align=center]Bill to Ban Open Carry Would Make Mincemeat of Second Amendment[/align]
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
[align=center]By Tyler Johnson[/align]
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[align=center]“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. “ More on that in a second.[/align]
Today, I openly carried an unloaded firearm. I was not in danger, I was not trying to intimidate anyone, and I’m not even a redneck. I did it because it was legal, I have a right to, and that right is being threatened with being taken away.
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The Second Amendment needs to be defended as much as any other, yet it seems to divide people more strongly than the others do. It is a right that is only necessary when things are at their worst, but no matter how much you wish that worst never comes, the right must be protected.
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In closing, am I against gun control? Not entirely. When it comes to firearms, I believe responsibility in ownership is important above all. AB 1934 is not about responsibility. It’s about denying a legal and Constitutional right.
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Tyler Johnson lives in Santa Barbara. He is not a Republican and was not born in Texas.
http://www.independent.com/news/2010/jun/08/keep-and-bear
[align=center]To Keep and to Bear
[align=center]Bill to Ban Open Carry Would Make Mincemeat of Second Amendment[/align]
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
[align=center]By Tyler Johnson[/align]
[align=center][/align]
[align=center]“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. “ More on that in a second.[/align]
Today, I openly carried an unloaded firearm. I was not in danger, I was not trying to intimidate anyone, and I’m not even a redneck. I did it because it was legal, I have a right to, and that right is being threatened with being taken away.
[/align]
. . .
The Second Amendment needs to be defended as much as any other, yet it seems to divide people more strongly than the others do. It is a right that is only necessary when things are at their worst, but no matter how much you wish that worst never comes, the right must be protected.
. . .
In closing, am I against gun control? Not entirely. When it comes to firearms, I believe responsibility in ownership is important above all. AB 1934 is not about responsibility. It’s about denying a legal and Constitutional right.
. . .
Tyler Johnson lives in Santa Barbara. He is not a Republican and was not born in Texas.