Op-Ed: Ban Open Carry Because People Of People Who Think Wrong

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Michael Conroy

I don’t like racists. I have no use for them, regardless of what flavor of racist they are. I want to put that out there right now because of what I’m about to have to deal with here.

You see, there’s an op-ed that calls for repealing Michigan’s open carry law. Why? Because some people that may think the wrong things may benefit from the law.

Want to give local police departments the means to keep armed Nazis off Detroit’s streets?

Change Michigan’s open carry laws.

It’s just that simple.

And just that complicated, because our GOP-led Legislature is extremely unlikely to do anything of the sort.

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Reasonable people may debate what kind of speech is protected by the First Amendment, but it’s hard to find anyone who doesn’t think that for Nazis carrying swastika-painted riot shields and yelling profanities, carrying a weapon is a little, you know, provocative.

But state law doesn’t agree.

For that matter, neither do the courts — Google “Skokie, Illinois” for more information.

Anyway, they continue:

In Michigan, legal gun owners are allowed to carry their weapons almost anywhere. Holders of concealed-carry permits are allowed to openly carry in schools. And Michigan gun law experts say a charge of brandishing …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms