NH: Open carry rifle demonstrators join 420 finale

[jay4201203461003]

im 18 and i legally got an ak. im allowed to walk down the street with it as long as i have proof its mine? what about in my car?

[phgHunter]

@jay4201203461003 It depends what state you are in. If open carry is legal, then yes. Sling it around your back and don't fondle it. You should probably unload it when in your vehicle.

[R5H4D0W]

2:36 yeah... but back then population density wasn't so high, and there's more animals than people around. Avid surplus rifle shooter here, they are too powerful for normal use, unless you are in the midwest with a mountain as a backstop. At max, I'd use a carbine over my M48 yugo as a primary defence

[JesusDillinger]

MJ is more of a drug than donuts, less of a drug than alcohol.

Someday folks will know that weed doesn't make people into killers or idiots.

[themeleed]

CaptainBerz has a camera pointed at him while driving all the time.

[MakingXboxLiveSafe]

Guns are against the law for a reason.

[Charsept]

@MakingXboxLiveSafe When my founding fathers were forming a new nation they sought to protect the natural rights of liberty and property. And the SECOND amendment they added was "the right of the people to keep and bear arms, (that) shall not be infringed." Since when have guns been illegal?

[MakingXboxLiveSafe]

@Charsept when the united states gained a few million people. i wasn't against guns before, but now after reading your asshole comment i am.

[swatcapt11]

wow i could not stop a threat with my handgun but i could with my rifle. Unless someone put a hit on him and is sniping at him there should be no reason why he should not be able to defend himself with a handgun. I am not saying that he should not be able to carry i am a gun collecter and a shooter but to say a handgun cant do the job then you are just stupid

[horsefeathers87]

thank you for protecting my rights

[hicama10]

hes right back in the day kids would take their gun to school and leave it with the secretary and go off to class. It makes sense it was just fun to go plinking before class! I want my rights back!

[FFarmerCharlie]

Can anyone tell me the Open carry of rifle laws in Florida?

[TheCrystalRiver]

Does anyone know if I could open carry in NY State?  A rifle?

[FromyColdeadHands]

Definetly Ron Paul supporters. I got to love them.

[liveykins]

Guns..people say are violent. Marijuana..people say makes you stupid and do stupid things. So for someone on the outside who thinks these ways sees someone protesting with a joint in one hand and a gun in the other is going to say "omg that man is going to go crazy because hes high off of drugs and is going to shoot up the town!!" think about it people..protest seperately!!!!

[liveykins]

oh and by the way..I hate calling marijuana a drug..its not a drug. Thats what the government calls it..but in my opinion a drug..is Meth..or heroine. Not Marijuana. So really what im trying to say..is mixing a Marijuana protest and a Gun protest together..is defeating the purpose.

[liveykins]

Don't get me wrong i think marijuana should be legal!! There is so reason it should be illegal! But trying to make other people think the same way by doing this is mixing two very diffferent things..stand on oppisate sides of the street or park if you have to..but not together. Make YOUR opinion known..but guns and drugs..arent meant to be together.

[liveykins]

I really don't think this is the way to aproach the war on drugs. Mixing drug protest and gun protest at the same time? People may take this the wrong way..start making up rumors.."a few dozen people protest the war on marijuana while armed with rifles. Is this for protection? Will they open fire as part of their out of control protest?"

[libertarianjury]

One bored board member could assault another with a bored board, and it wouldn't hurt as much as an assault with a solid board. Unless one was speaking of room and board, in which case one might pass the, uh, salt.

(I imagine the look of confusion on poolturd's face is priceless.)

[libertarianjury]

@canedhisweenie -get out of NH, ya wuss.

@turdinthepoolman -go straight to the kiddie pool, you unphilosophical dolt.

...Just goes to show that a few fearful morons are all it really takes to ruin a free society. Hence the importance of such demonstrations: proceed, honorable men!

[libertarianjury]

@4:40 don't mother the motherfucker, fuck

@5:52 So what, we should alter our lifestyles because some milquetoast members of "the public" are scared of their own shadow? Fuck 'em. When the goddamned pigs they pay taxes for start overreacting and shots are fired --THEN they can get scared. Until then, I suggest they drop by and smoke a bowl, so they can relax their tiny fear-addled minds.

[libertarianjury]

Two peanuts were walking down the street, and...

...one was a salted.

[freeMontana]

I like this idea! I wish people would quit using the term `assault` weapon. One could assault another with a board.

[Vorash2002]

@caneywaney If that behavior was so damn childish as you say it is, dont you think that the cops or someone would notice and call the cops on them (which didnt happen by the way)? Also, if you dont like videos of people just simply exercising their rights under the law, then dont comment on them or watch them

[caneywaney]

This has become more rediculous. After watching all of these "open carry" videos, it has gone overboard. The AR-15 (assult RIFLE) is just too damn much. So who's not to say that eventually people will be able to carry grenades. I support thr right to carry but with in reasonable limits. ALMOST any handgun is ok but an assult rifle? You can bet I'll never bring my children there to witness such a demonstration of childish behavior

[drbackjack]

A assault rifle is a selective fire weapon capable of burst or fully automatic fire. How many automatic/burst AR-15s do you see? The only selective fire AR-15s are military over-runs from before 1986. When you see a semi-automatic hunting rifle, does assault rifle automatically come to mind?

[00JIZZLE00]

open carrying firearms is intimidating. you wouldnt walk around with a knife in your hand, so whys it ok with guns

[billburns2]

Thank you. At last someone telling it like it is. The FS will tell you that being intimidated by weird looking men carrying guns is your problem, not theirs.

Personally I keep black widow spiders and also like to make pipe bombs in my spare time. I may take all my stuff out to the town square just because I can.

Nervous?

Not sure why I'd want to do that?

GET A LIFE MAN. IT'S MY RIGHT GODDAMMIT. GO JOIN THE OTHER SHEEPLE AND LEAVE MY SPIDERS AND BOMBS ALONE.

[Elephantintheroom01]

01:53

I don't remember hearing that on the first rebel gardening report...

[Elephantintheroom01]

00:38 WHAT?? DON'T DO THAT!!! Have you got a death wish!!?

The only way to win is to keep your activities at such a level that the police/government would have to spend a disproportionate amount of time suppressing your liberties compared to the cost. If you make yourself a target, then you'll be overwhelmed. The anti drugs and swat team lobby is STILL bigger than you are.

[p00lman]

"If was once normal for young people to carry their rifles to school."

Yes, in the colonial days when there weren't police or any sort of public protection, local judicial system, or lawsuit system in place, so that if someone robbed you or fucked you over in some way, you were fucked and that was that.

Thankfully, society has gotten more civilized so that such extreme measures of self-defense are no longer necessary.

[Elephantintheroom01]

Yes, once again, poolman tells us that the only one with the right to "extreme measures of self-defence" is the state. Are you still claiming that you don't believe in absolute authority?

Wasnt it the case that it was still normal in some states during the 1900-1940s? I think it would be a hard sell that there wasnt a complete judicial system at that time.

[p00lman]

I believe that if you advocate high school students carrying guns, you're going to get 100 more Columbines.

[Elephantintheroom01]

That implies that trust doesnt create maturity.

[p00lman]

That's absolutely true. Trust doesn't create maturity. Maturity creates maturity.

You can't make someone else be mature, or else I'd have done it for you long ago.

[Elephantintheroom01]

I'll ignore that.

Do you mean that people copy maturity from others?

So where does it come from in the beginning but from trust?

[p00lman]

You can be mature regardless of the trust you put in others or the trust others put in you.

[Elephantintheroom01]

The question which you avoided was: what creates maturity?

[p00lman]

You see, there's this stork . . .

I have no idea what you're talking about. "Maturity" is an abstract and subjective quality. It's not something that can be measured.

[Elephantintheroom01]

I suppose you think intelligence, sexuality and ultimately, truth are abstract also.

Those who label something as abstract simply are denying that they posses it.

[p00lman]

Intelligence can be measured.

Sexuality can't be measured, but levels of estrogen or testosterone can be.

Truth can be qualified by facts.

How do you propose to measure maturity? Please tell me, I'm really curious.

[Elephantintheroom01]

By ones actions; what solutions can they generate, immature tends to be short sighted, mature tends to be subtle.

Intelligence is measured in a similar way: I'm proposing a maturity IQ.

[p00lman]

Go for it.

[mrethrift]

Bays the lone wolf! The lone wolf doesn't need a gun! He just howls and howls!

[p00lman]

So do you think high schoolers should be armed?

[fczwartek]

The lone wolf. A metaphor for a crazed suicidal gunman (or bomber), with an agenda and a hit list.

[mrethrift]

Um, I don't think poolboy has any Alex Curtis in him. Not so sure about you though.

He relates it to a cartoon and wants to be called Ogami.

So, are you the new troll here? What did you do with poolboy? Feed him to your tiger?

[fczwartek]

"Are you the new troll here?"

Uh....no.  I'm the old troll from way back when (not the original troll, but close.)

I've been leaving comments on the Ridley Report for almost 2 years now. Actually I'm one of Dave's most loyal viewers.

What you call "being a troll" i refer to as "having a conversation."

We can't allow the Ridley Report to turn into a circle jerk echo chamber can we?

That might lead to hubris.

[mrethrift]

And I quote you: "peace"

[ClassicFIHD]

@p00lman, "Yes, in the colonial days when there weren't police", Uh NO. Actually when I was 11 growing up in northern NJ I often walked carrying my 22 rifle across town to the rifle range at the high school.

[p00lman]

You're arguing semantics.

The previous instance of "carry" meant "to bear." You're talking about "carry," meaning "to bring."

[ClassicFIHD]

No, my comment was more towards you comments about questioning advocating if high school kids carrying guns to school, and you also mentioned Columbine. Was there a Columbine Highschool back in the colonial days?

[p00lman]

Is your argument that the existence of high schools encourage gun violence?

Really?

Because you'd lose that by looking at, hmm, every other high school that's not Columbine.

[ClassicFIHD]

I was only commenting on when there was a time when it was normal to carry guns to school within the last 40 years.

[ClassicFIHD]

What do you mean the existence of high schools encourage gun violence? That makes absolutely no sense.

And since Columbine was a gun0free-zone how would I lose that argument? How abou looking at Virigina Tech, Ft. Hood, Luby's Restaurance, or Trolley Mall? Or are you saying we should only look at high school, AF Bases, Restaurants, or Public Malls that have NOT been shot up YET?

[kronosgyros]

ClassicFIHD, schools and universities should be licence carry only, which means kids will not be able to but teachers can carry.

[ClassicFIHD]

That's the way it is in Utah with concealed carry permit holders. Anyone with a carry permit can carry a concealed gun in any school or college.

My comments were about the past. I grew up one town over from Newark NJ, so in today's times it would not be a good idea, sadly.

[fczwartek]

Whooooooohoooooooo! Nothing says "freedum" like mixing drugs and guns! You're sure to win over large swaths of New Hampshire's hearts and minds with these kind of gatherings. Keep it up!

"We should try to behave more responsibly than the average person" says Dave R. And he does seem sincere about that, but its not so apparent that others associated with the "free state' movement are.

[RidleyReport]

uh...on what basis are you arguing that anyone mixed drugs and guns? The fact that some people in the park had pot and others had rifles...does not necessarily mean that any person was mixing the two.

[fczwartek]

Well your headline (for instance) is one basis.... And aren't first impressions the most important?

And its not that I don't believe you would tell the truth... but at the very least you have to admit that these kind of events are not exactly a highlight of the free staters code of responsibility.

[romanroundtheblock]

@fczwartek god your fucking stupid

[fczwartek]

@romanroundtheblock

Thanks for that insightful and very thoroughly thought through bit of constructive criticism!

[romanroundtheblock]

@fczwartek - your right. why dont we all just keep to ourselves, stay away from people that dare to be different and marry our daughters....... FU!

[fczwartek]

@romanroundtheblock

lol! What are you yammering about? "and marry our daughters" ..... is that some kind of freudian slip on your part? Why would you even bring that up?

.

Whatever ... I don't even want to know the answer to that.

[tomperanteau]

@fczwartek Who cares how the morons in New Hampshire perceive this? Do you think that the rest of America would put any stock in your opinion? You Liberals in New Hampshire are one of the laughing stocks of the nation.

[fczwartek]

@tomperanteau

Awwww .... you cared enough to reply to a thread that's a year old. That's precious. Thanks for caring much, and sharing some laughter with me!

.

btw ... are you the "Rest of America"? I'm excited about getting to know more about you.

[tomperanteau]

@fczwartek And you proved my point...

[fczwartek]

@tomperanteau

Yes, it was really a magnificent and unique point that you made; "Conservutard dee-bag from _________ (?) inserts himself into a conversation about a New Hampshire political group and also  calls NH liberals names on the internerz."

.

Impressive victory for you. Congratulations on that!

[fczwartek]

A re-enactment of Dave Ridley's gushing praise for guns-

"Ohh guns are just such a symbol of innocence. They make me think of Norman Rockwell paintings,warm apple pie, and the 1950's when every town was like Mayberry and there was a barbershop quartet on every street. And good 'ol Joe McCarthy and the John Birch Society and the blacklists! Ahhh to simpler times!"

There were no simpler times. And even if there were we can't go back now....only forward.

[billburns2]

but what's the point of this? If that's the replacement for the US Army then you've got real problems.

Harking back to simpler, innocent times?

How about burning some witches or having a quaint old-fashioned slave auction while you're at it?

[MooseOfReason]

billburns2, There's something inherently wrong with burning people at a stake -- since witches don't actually exist. There's nothing wrong with someone carrying a gun, or anything else.  It's the misuse of that object that is the problem.

[billburns2]

a witch-hunter would disagree with you.

No there is nothing inherently wrong with carrying a gun but why would you want to? Is it to "hark back to simpler times and old-fashioned values"? (bring in the witch kindling) or is it just to make a point in the current fashion of "it's all about ME and what I want and fuck everyone else"?

Looking at these clowns carrying rifles in a town square what do you think?

Elephant, your usual obscure Libertarianism 101 comments don't even warrant an answer.

[MooseOfReason]

billburns, It doesn't matter whether or not I want to carry a gun. Why would I want to prevent or prohibit someone from carrying one?

[billburns2]

doesn't look like anyone's being prevented or prohibited here.

These idiots seem to think that they live in Somalia, not New Hampshire.

[MooseOfReason]

billburns2, Should it?

Somalia doesn't have a central government. New Hampshire does. I don't understand your point.

[billburns2]

Why carry a weapon around with you like you're living in a 1950s Western movie?

Is it:

A: Because any minute now the evil police state will ride into town to oppress the people and only Tubby and Beardy can save us?

B: Because there is NO WAY that anyone can tamper with 2A if a couple of guys bring rifles to a pro-pot demo.

C: Because they have to defend Keene from Al Qaeda?

or is there another more selfish reason?

[Elephantintheroom01]

Why don't you just go off to Iraq to blow up some farmers defending THEIR oil.

Massive military industrial complex equals massive dictatorship.

[profreewill]

Great video.

[millersxtremedepot]

Why do protestors for pot look so much like dumbasses? Oh yah they were smokin pot...LOL

[wait887]

what you don't see are the professional class of people who smoke cannabis but are too scared of losing their jobs for what they do in their private residences.

[millersxtremedepot]

LOL...Yes I know, I was cracking a joke, I happen to be one!

[wait887]

oh. lol.

[AreThereNoMoreNames]

Very nice. The K31 is a great rifle!

It'd be very interesting to carry alongside them.

[SeattleBeaver]

Interesting video. I'd participate in an open carry event given the opportunity.

[mcgrawtim123]

I was up in Seattle a few weeks ago visiting Kenmore Air...do you work there or not?

[SeattleBeaver]

Nope, but their float planes fly right over my house in the summer. I draw a bead on them any chance I get. (joke of course)!

[mcgrawtim123]

If I tried this in my hometown in California, I would be arrested. Sad that. Good luck to all of you free staters.

[xsleef]

Why live in a state that bans guns---move.

[mcgrawtim123]

Why live in a cold state that can barely grow enough food for itself....move.

[xsleef]

Who said anything about a cold state--Its november where i live and still growing a garden..potatoes are doing very well...Move to the south-but ur summers will be hot and humid..

[mcgrawtim123]

I suppose Texas would be the perfect state to live in for climate, gun rights, and taxes.....which is why it's growing and California is dying.

[xsleef]

Look at the 6 states that have a balanced budget--Im just a little south of Texas,but Texas is one of my top choices if I was to move.

[watcher8o]

Arizona has extremely lax gun laws. Not too cold (as far as I can tell), and we grow our own food.

[Dimensiom]

In fact, the carrying of unloaded firearms when in public is a legal act in the state of California; police have even explained such to unjustifiably concerned individuals who had observed such behaviour in the city of San Francisco.

[mcgrawtim123]

Yes, that is true, unless one is within 1,000 feet of a school. There is a school across the street from my house. So to transport a weapon off my property, I have to put it in a locked metal box (no ammo). The laws to procure a concealed weapons permit are very very stringent.

[terryfranklin2]

I wouldn't drive using a camera,

... but my friend Michael,

fireheart17 on YouTube

does half his videos in his car,

and he is a professional driving instructor (who is very diligent and attentive to road safety). I guess he knows how to do it right.

[xxPotStarxx]

I am for the right us Americans

[JiveDadson]

In the 1950's when I was a tyke, my parents never let me watch TV shows that had guns, and they kept the guns at home out of reach and out of sight. At ten or so, I got a BB gun for Christmas, and safety training. When I was 12, my dad gave me a .22 rifle and again taught me how to use it safely. Parents today have it backwards.

I still have the .22.

[LCLREPORT]

Dave, I am good now, just some questioning and he left me alone, I will hopefully have a report up tomorrow, and I got pretty good footage of the arrest. Also can you call me back, I need QIK help I can't save it to the hard drive.

[FreedomAtRisk]

great work ridley!

[greatestsongsofLIFE]

Wish Texas was a open carry state :( BUT WHY DO THE BLACK PANTHERS (racist group) GET TO OPEN CARRY RIFLES IN HOUSTON AND NOT ME?!?! Im sure if i took my m1 Carbine outside id get shot

[diogeneslaertius666]

I foresee a time in this country when every man woman and child over a certain age is trained to use a firearm responsibly.

Let us work together my friends, and preserve the spirit of liberty!

[FlailingJunk]

I foresee a time without countries.

[diogeneslaertius666]

I am also beyond petty nationalism; however, today I find myself defending the nation state as one of the only remaining bulwarks against the new world order and a one world government.

[xsleef]

Do you foresee a world gvt aswell?

[FlailingJunk]

OMG guns and drugs everyone panic!

[diogeneslaertius666]

ZOMG!

[freemarket11]

Ron Paul's son (Rand Paul) is having a moneybomb on December 16th. Pledge now:

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Rand is running for US Senate in Kentucky and he is leading in the polls and may become a US Senator!

[talltreehill7]

yeah ... be careful out there guys...

I support you

[dtmbcorp]

Oh yeah, and what's up with the music towards the end? I have been hearing more keyboards and what sounds like original music in your videos lately, it seems. Did you make it? I know the brassy notes are you, at least :D It's great stuff... You should make an online album.

[RidleyReport]

ya thanks that's me on a cheap early nineties E-max I bought...there's a story behind that though...I bought it from the family of a drummer friend who died in 93.. you'll hear his music on this show too, listed in the credits as Us or Charlie Papafrangos. This may be the only place on earth he still lives outside some memories and writings.

[dtmbcorp]

The Ridley Report is simply the best news show period, in my opinion. Pure, unadulterated information. No filler, no gloss. You are a big influence on my ideas of how this kind of information should be presented. Thanks for that. I hope that one day I can be as effective a journalist as you are. Getting there is going to be fun!

Take care

Mike

[whatsnextnow19791]

Don't tread on anyone using their camera in a vehicle, you sounded like the government there on that note. I understand it may seem unsafe. What you need to understand is WE THE PEOPLE have the intelligence to drive and film, the sheeple however do not. So the jist of what I'm saying is you downplaying someones right to film and drive, does not help this movement at all. I encourage all to drive and film if you know you don't have time to wait, or have to document something. LET FREEDOM RING! tx

[MrSuperJuden]

People fear guns because of the way guns are portrayed in the news and on t.v. Fear is good because it gets people thinking, so long as the weapon owners are safe, random fear generation should not be the concern of activist.

[803honda]

some folks are scared of blacks and Mexicans. maby we should ban blacks and mexicans? oh, and dogs too. all scary pets of any kind. fed flags give me the chills.  lets ban those too.

[NamelessCommenter]

As a radical leftist (anarchist-communist) I'm all in favor of this. Having come from constitutionalist-variety libertarianism, one thing I retained as I moved leftward was a firm advocacy of an armed population. Unfortunately for me there's a lot of anti-gun sentiment even among my libertarian-socialist comrades, which seems to carry over from those who were formerly liberals, unlike myself. I'd like to see armed movements of radical leftists to mirror the constitutionalist militia movements.

[MrSuperJuden]

WTF are you babbling about? FYI that kind of attitude is not helping anything. I am for NOT banning gun, I am for people being made to think. So, while you digest this try and come up with a coherent argument instead of nonsense.

[NamelessCommenter]

I'm sorry, what? Your comment makes no sense.

[MrSuperJuden]

Hey NamelessCommenter/dipshit, if I were talking to you it would make sense. So before you go into an argument read the comments between 803honda and I. So STFU.

[NamelessCommenter]

Your comment was in response to me; that's how I knew you made it: it was in my comment notifier.

[Anothercoilgun]

Great job!!

[rataMacue22]

I support the right to bear arms.

I support legalization of marijuana. 

Smoking dope while packing heat, not so cool.

(not that that is what was being done, just saying...)

[harryogre]

When I was in high school it was common for kids to have long guns in their gun racks in their pick-ups in the high school parking lot.

America is a shadow of what it once was.