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This is sending ppl into orbit, & I understand why. So let me clarify a few things.
1. I am not, & have not ever been, a proponent of open carry of long guns as a form of political protest. I have publicly said so, & fretted that Bad Things will come of it. https://twitter.com/jonst0kes/status/1297884972020375553
1. I am not, & have not ever been, a proponent of open carry of long guns as a form of political protest. I have publicly said so, & fretted that Bad Things will come of it. https://twitter.com/jonst0kes/status/1297884972020375553
2. If you followed me around the time of the big VA protests in Jan, you know I was extremely worried about Bad Stuff kicking off, either deliberately or by accident. Again, "people carrying long guns as a political statement" == "a real bad sign & not how we do things."
3. The fact that this activity as now migrated from right to left, & is being done in a wider context of property damage, is A) new, and B) a sign that things are even worse than they were when just the right was doing it, and C) WAY ups the odds of a left vs. right shoot-out.
I have not made a big secret of my low opinion of open carry. https://twitter.com/jonst0kes/status/745004474498834433
Again, not shy about it. https://twitter.com/jonst0kes/status/752928123377754113
Have been pretty clear. https://twitter.com/jonst0kes/status/786290822836740097
Have not been coy about this. https://twitter.com/jonst0kes/status/903716204711485443
So if you wanna parachute into my feed this morning acting all shocked that I am saying that these scenes of lefty political open carry are bad & a sign of bad things, then you can talk to the 
