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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHome Depot is such a responsible publicly traded company
Open Carry group holds rally at Home Depot in North Richland Hills
By DOUG J. SWANSON
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS About 150 people, many of them bearing strong opinions and semi-automatic rifles, assembled on a busy street corner Saturday to make their case for a change in Texas gun laws.
The heavily armed contingent came from the Tarrant County offshoot of Open Carry Texas, an organization that works to condition Texans to feel safe around law-abiding citizens that choose to carry guns.
Open Carry groups have staged such events across the state. C.J. Grisham of Temple, the founder of Open Carry Texas, said the walks are part of a public relations effort and a political push.
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By DOUG J. SWANSON
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS About 150 people, many of them bearing strong opinions and semi-automatic rifles, assembled on a busy street corner Saturday to make their case for a change in Texas gun laws.
The heavily armed contingent came from the Tarrant County offshoot of Open Carry Texas, an organization that works to condition Texans to feel safe around law-abiding citizens that choose to carry guns.
Open Carry groups have staged such events across the state. C.J. Grisham of Temple, the founder of Open Carry Texas, said the walks are part of a public relations effort and a political push.
...
Dallas News Link
And if you could, drop an email to Home Depot telling them you won't be going to their stores again because you never know when you could be facing down somebody armed to the teeth (even if youo never shop there).
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Home Depot is such a responsible publicly traded company (Original Post)
MohRokTah
Jun 2014
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NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)1. I'm not likely to begin writing letters to Home Depot.
They don't need my help.
There are laws and local police, and I have more important things to do.
OC idiots will stop it if we quit paying them attention.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)2. Open carry fetishists are psychopaths.
Every single one.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)3. Nothing says “condition Texans to feel safe" like spontaneous armed mobs