I’m outraged by the arrest yesterday of a 20-year-old man in Springfield, Miss., who was just exercising his constitutional rights.
This good American was fully obeying the law. He walked into a Walmart wearing military clothes and body armor, and carrying an AR-15 rifle around his neck and a handgun holstered at his side. In Missouri, you’re allowed to carry guns in public as long as you don’t display them to people in a menacing way. He was just minding his own business as he pushed a shopping cart through the Walmart aisles.
But mamby-pamby shoppers got all scared and panicky, running from the store and screaming nonsense about a gunman. The store manager pulled the fire alarm, shoppers fled to the exits, and police came to arrest the man. He was fully compliant. Under Missouri law, he was doing nothing wrong.
This is an outrage, unjust persecution. Every American should be able to carry assault rifles into public places without people getting all uptight and paranoid. Chill out, people! There is nothing to fear about guns!
If you’re in a public place and see a stranger wearing military fatigues and carrying an assault rifle and other weaponry, don’t be alarmed. You and your children are perfectly safe. Keep Calm and Carry On.
He is your friend. Remember: the only way to stop a bad guy wearing body armor and carrying an assault rifle, is with a good guy wearing body armor and carrying an assault rifle.
