This is something I saw in different forms, in different forums by different people last night.
The “Hero” should be arrested.
Take a moment to digest the the colossal stupidity uttered by Mr Blue: He is so emotionally attached to the idea of Open Carry, that he is in favor of sending a gun owner. legally carrying a sidearm to jail because he interpreted the shenanigans of a fellow Chest Thumper® as possibly dangerous, which is not an irrational thought to have after last weekend. A fellow Gun Owner steps forward in what he perceives to be dangerous situation, what many in the side of Gun Right have stated over and over to the other side we are willing to do, and Mr. Plate Carrier In Blue wants to ruin his life. He was so insulted, he wants the same thing Gun Controllers want: Seeing good armed folk behind bars.
Chest Thumpers® are the Kardashians of the Gun Culture.
UPDATE: I should have know that Andrew Branca would have stepped in and clear the legalities of the subject. Go read the whole thing.
So anyone arguing that the firefighter taking Andreychenko at gunpoint must have been unlawful because Andreychenko was “simply exercising his Second Amendment rights” is rather missing the point. The firefighter pointing a gun at Andreychenko could well be perfectly lawful even if it’s true that Andreychenko was committing no crime at all.
Not that anyone asked, but I’m good with open carry if you’re doing it a rally for gun rights or something similar. But this shit where guys throw a rifle over their shoulder to go to Burger King or shopping is stupid as hell, though, and is likely doing much more harm than good to our fight for our rights.
It is very attractive to think that Public Derp committed by Chest Thumpers is some kind of false flag perpetuated by the other side.
But it ain’t. We honestly have no shortage of stupid on “our side”, sad to say.
Andrew’s got a good post on this: https://lawofselfdefense.com/understanding-legalities-of-walmart-rifle-body-armor-event/