Friday, June 5, 2009

Bring an Empty, Self-Defeating Gesture to Church Day

Via David Codrea's Gun Rights Examiner...

When I heard that some pastor in some church somewhere was getting a lot of ink (and flak) for setting up an event in which his church-goers should open-carry their handguns to church, I thought, "Well, that's weird. But an interesting approach." I didn't pay much attention, to be honest. Wasn't against it, just wasn't very interested.

But then I was directed to the article with the fine print...

People can come into the church wearing their gun as long as the weapon is unloaded and in a secure holster.
a local police officer will provide security at the open carry celebration
I'm guessing the cop's handgun will be loaded.

What, exactly, is the point of this? Because in my mind it suddenly went from mildly positive/uninteresting to WTF?

Edit: Oops, missed the quote about the cop. Fixed.

1 comment:

iloilo jones said...

Amen.
An unloaded gun is nothing but a club.
Better to bring a baseball bat, and have some leverage, at least, if you need to swing in self defense.
Another great gesture reduced to a fawning, impotent bow to authority.
Infra dig.
Really.
feralfae