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Open Carry idiots now going into predominantly black Texas neighborhood to spread their message. Uh oh!

Courtesy of Burnt Orange:

In what they say is an effort to "show that gun rights belong to all" members of the open carry movement will walk through the 5th Ward on Sunday -- a day after many Texans will be celebrating Juneteenth, in a predominantly African American area of Houston settled by former slaves just after the Civil War. The Facebook event claims the event will be a "canned food drive" and donations will be given to the "First Missionary Baptist Church."

The walk is being hosted by CJ Grisham, founder of Open Carry Texas, who was convicted of interfering with police duties over an incident where he was being questioned about his AR-15. The resulting conviction led to no jail time and he plans to appeal, but he was fined $2,000 and lost his concealed handgun license for 5 years. One does not need a license to open carry a long gun.

I called the 5th Ward Missionary Baptist Church which is only blocks from where the walk is poised to begin this Sunday and they had no idea about the event and assumed that I was either mistaken or contacted the wrong church -- the latter is certainly possible since I could not locate a "First Missionary Baptist Church" in the 5th Ward.

Either way the sentiment is understandable since most open carry demonstrations have been in highly visible suburban to upper-middle class parts of towns near or in major chain establishments. Even before receiving admonishment from the NRA over their "weird" behavior (that was quickly retracted) Open Carry Texas had encouraged its members to stop entering commercial business without first letting them know if their plans. This came after major setbacks as chain after chain reconfirmed their no gun policies.

This walk will certainly be a departure from other highly publicized events. It is unclear how many will march but pictures by some of those expected to attend show members mocking the area's Congressional Woman Sheila Jackson Lee are not exactly friendly to the community. One shows a man in front of her office with a sign that reads "Gun Control = Slavery Sheila Jackson Lee Supports Slavery" and caption that read "Queen Sheila ran for the hills," and another simply shows a man eating a piece of fried chicken in front of her office.

So not happy with simply terrorizing people eating in restaurants or buying lumber at Home Depot, now these assholes are trying to start a race war?

Once again I will reiterate that I really think these morons are trying to get one of their members shot so that they can martyr them and use the incident to further push their agenda.

Though to be honest I am not entirely sure how that would work.

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