Charles L. Cotton wrote:apostate wrote:I don't know where you live, but around here a T-shirt is far more common attire than a suit at parks.
It's not a matter of T-shirt v. suit, it's the provocative nature of some shirts. I wear a lot of T-shirts that have NRA or other gun/shooting related printing and I've never had anyone say a word. To my knowledge, no one even gave me a second look because of my shirt. However, if I were to wear some of the T-shirts we see at gun shows, it would likely be a different story. If I were to take my grandkids to the park wearing a "
Kill Them All and Let God Sort It Out" T-shirt, I should expect a negative response from other parents. So too if I wear one of the T-shirts that have a yellow smiley face with a bullet hole in the forehead and the back of the shirt has a huge and bloody exit wound.
To anti-gunners, anything that relates to guns will be provocative, but not to the general public. When the message of the shirt states or implies violent or misuse of a gun, then one can expect a negative reaction. An "
NRA Sports" T-shirt or "
PSC IDPA" polo shirt are not in the same league with a "
Kill Them All and Let God Sort It Out" T-shirt or the bloody smiley face shirt. The "
You Control Your Kids and I'll Control My Guns" T-shirt falls somewhere in the middle, especially when you wear it to a park with kids playing. Most people will simply chuckle at it, some will find it provocative but not respond, but some will prove themselves to be malicious idiots like the woman in this story. You know which person the media will focus on, if they have the opportunity.
We win the undecided to our side of the Second Amendment issue by making people feel comfortable and view us as normal people, rather than dangerous "
gun nuts" as our opponents falsely claim. We achieve this goal by being ambassadors for all gun owners.
Chas.
