There was a rally here in missouri, I believe that it was, and civilians all marched through the streets with their black rifles. Dressed in swat uniforms, hunting camo, putting the absolute worst image possible out there to prove that people who own them are just ordinary dudes who go to church and coach soccer. Man, that wasn't the impression that the public got.
The photo in the paper showed a woman in a skin tight and very revealing black top, black glasses, blond hair, marching with a frown on her face. Dude, she was wearing a terminator costume for halloween. My hair literally stood on end.
How did that help?
A few years ago one of the halloween pop up stores opened and they put a guy out on the sidewalk wearing a scary costume. So here this knucklehead was, swinging a plastic machete at traffic, and four people called 911. Officers who arrived put him on the ground at gunpoint.
Think carefully, everyone, if a minimum wage earning doofus swinging a toy was dragged to the ground by armed police because he scared people in traffic, It's obviously not a great idea to walk around in full paramilitary costume while carrying a rifle and tactical backpack. The citizens are asked to report anything that is disturbing or suspicious. How does a passer by know that the guy on the street is just picking it up from the gunsmith, rather than taking it into the next building, a church, intending to make a political statement?