Or are some of the posts on this, and other sites, that to the 2A community seem like tongue in cheek fun, bad for the image of not only OC, but the firearms community in general ?
I do not mean making a light hearted, or sarcastic remark in a post. I am talking about a thread that has absurd "what if" scenarios, or shows pictures of someones firearm that I do not believe they would carry seriously on a daily basis.
The idea of making OC acceptable because that is how one chooses to carry, and it is our right,and this is how I always carry, or making a political stance and proving a point are one thing. But posting pictures of firearms that I do not believe the poster would carry on a daily basis, and calling it the perfect OC gun is another. To me it seems to demean the efforts, of those who take this issue seriously.
I stand behind these peoples right to do so, but it seems to me there are a lot of folks saying that " Its the Internet dude, get over it " and they do not understand that their words, and images do not disappear from the mind of the reader when you hit the little X.
There are places other than a designated OC portion of this, and, or other sites where one can have fun, and I love to have fun. I just do not want the anti 2A crowd zooming in on my fun, and and proclaiming it to be the train of thought in an otherwise serious forum.
Maybe this is just me being a 47 year old "dude", but I still think that ones words carry weight, be it for good, or ill.