I do not advocate disarming either, however, I do advocate making GOOD decisions. And by frequently telling others to leave their firearms at home you must be referring to the other thread where a young man was asking about driving around leaving his firearm in his trunk at all times, when he doesnt possess a CPL. We already discussed that in depth but I will again say that without a CPL he could possibly face legal actions against him if he was found to have his firearm in his car on the premises of a PFZ. So I advocated he didnt play with fire and leave his firearm at home since he even admitted he didnt plan on carrying unless he "felt he needed to." Now, I am not saying this gentleman should leave his firearm at home, but, if he wishes to discuss this with those opposing him carrying, maybe leave it in the car while speaking with them. I will agree however that him carrying and sitting there peacefully, as I'm sure he has been, could very well show that he is responsible and safe, if he chooses not to discuss this any further and decides to just carry as usual. It is his decision to make, however we should promote the BEST choice not only the PRO CARRY choice when encountering unfavorable scenarios such as his. And I made the "carry 7 guns" statement as a loose example, not reflecting anything anyone has said, to reflect how we can give a person any advice we please, and if they choose to follow it, they will then be the only ones responsible for their actions. You'll probably have a hard time finding someone who would advocate carrying more guns into a place where some might not be comfortable with someone else carrying. We find ourselves here to give GOOD advice and sometimes maybe GOOD advice can be the route of allow it to stay in the car while you speak with them. His situation is not a "gray area" its him deciding if he cares how they feel or not. The "gray area" I spoke of is meant to reference legal gray areas, which can quickly become black marks on your record if handled improperly. So are you, Pat, advocating someone venture into "gray areas" with their firearm and potentially lose their rights, or should they make the GOOD decision and leave the firearm behind if going into "gray areas?" Now with this situation the gentleman who is the OP has a decision which can be any one of a lot of decisions on how to handle this, mine was just one opinion as is yours. Now, being an opinion, I would respect that you didnt take it personally as me trying to disarm any of our law abiding citizens but more so as this is one option. Sometimes taking the lesser of two roads can lead you to the top of the mountain. Its like the old saying "you get more flies with honey," now I'm not saying give up carrying period when he attends the meetings, but when he goes in to speak with the persons involved, go in without the firearm. Explain how what youre doing is legal and that you are choosing to continue to carry while you attend the meetings and you would be happy to answer any questions but from now on you will continue to carry as you have been. I'm in no way saying to leave it at home indefinitely. And I have not once mentioned to someone to leave their firearm at home under any lawful circumstances where their actions would not be seen as anything but legal, beyond a shadow of a doubt. Such as CPL holders possessing firearms in PFZ as in 750.234d 2(c).
