Its a mentality issue. Hard to describe.
It's not just a "mentality issue", it's a financial, privacy, and rights issue. Delaware is one of the few states that does not regulate openly carried firearms, save for the restrictions on felons and certain state properties. It does, however, bend its citizens over and force them to submit to CC as a "privilege" instead of a right. It costs your money and privacy just for the chance to be denied the "
privilege" of being able to carry how you wish.
To be honest, however, I'm not interested in rocking that boat in the near future, as it is now approvals are running high even if the system is counter intuitive to the concept of 2a
rights.
What I am interested in is dispelling this ridiculous notion that people who OC are worthy of disparagement because they're loose cannons, wackos, or otherwise. That cannot be any farther from the truth. In fact, I'd wager just the opposite. I believe many who OC are informed, knowledgeable and responsible adults who, for various reasons, have decided that their preferred method of carrying is openly. Of course, every group has its lowest common denominators, and pro-cc/oc groups are no strangers. There's tactical mall ninjas everywhere. But to think they represent the whole lot is quite naive.
I would hope that, regardless of how you carry, you could recognize the term
'Shall Not Be Infringed', for exactly what it is. We can go back and forth all day arguing about Coke and Pepsi, but when we talk about who's got the right to drink Pepsi, we have to recognize that the position we stand on (for pro-CC only proponents) is one built on the idea that you cannot drink Pepsi unless you submit to rules and regulation that wholly infringe upon 2a rights enshrined in the constitution. That is the line of thinking followed by liberal kool-aid drinkers and the blowhards from the Brady bunch.
Lets all play on the same team, regardless of preferences and political affiliation.
