Gun extremists’ ghastly new low: A fight over “open carry” turns vulgar and scary
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Source: Salon
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Of course, gun extremists did not respond kindly to the Kroger campaign. What follows is a recounting of their disturbing tactics, from the shocking intimidation and harassment of unsuspecting commenters on Kroger’s Facebook page to right-wing media propaganda that disingenuously portrayed Kroger as being allies of the gun extremists.
Secret Facebook groups such as “People Who Were Blocked by Moms Demand Action Demand Action Now” — which has well over a thousand members — disseminated gun rights propaganda and helped orchestrate attacks on individuals commenting on Kroger’s page. Some gun nuts combed the profile pages of people commenting in support of gun reform, harvested personal photos of them and Photoshopped them to include obscene or humiliating comments, before reposting the photos on Kroger’s page, or on other social media sites. Because Kroger frequently bans users who post that kind of content, the gun extremists created disposable fake accounts — sometimes using the name and profile photo of an opponent— to quickly dump posts without being held accountable.
In one case, they found a photo of a woman’s preschool-age child and wrote on it, “My mom sucks more cock than Richard Simmons” and circulated it online. In another case, they grabbed a photo of a mother and her child and wrote “Big retard, little retard” on it before reposting it. One woman posted to Kroger a photograph of a receipt showing money she spent elsewhere, and gun extremists swarmed her post, with hundreds of responses, including comments like “what you could do is shut your god damned whore mouth,” “calm your tits,” and “fuck her right in the pussy,” which Kroger’s Facebook admin allowed to stand over a day later.
Some of the gun extremists’ targets regularly do battle with them online; others never expected such a response when they posted a message to Kroger and are alarmed and intimidated. One woman who was the target of a Photoshopped image told me that she considered shutting down her Facebook account over the reaction to her post on Kroger’s page. The gun extremists’ goal seems to be to mob individuals until they are scared into silence, and in some cases it is working.
Read more: http://www.salon.com/2014/10/27/gun_extremists_ghastly_new_low_a_fight_over_open_carry_turns_vulgar_and_scary/
Hosts: please note that this is not a local story about gun crime. Among other things, the article illustrates the issue of using the internet to harass and intimidate (similar to what we have seen recently surrounding GamerGate).
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You could ask those folks what its like, I suppose.
Why don't you ask them how they feel about the John Crawford shooting, while you're at it.
Only the Open Carriers. The public has no right to safety.
Get some bumperstickers made up and rake in the cash...
Kinda illustrates how the OP's content is little different from the "other side's."
"For more, see Number four!" That's catchy, ain't it?
In one case, they found a photo of a woman’s preschool-age child and wrote on it, “My mom sucks more cock than Richard Simmons” and circulated it online".
One woman posted to Kroger a photograph of a receipt showing money she spent elsewhere, and gun extremists swarmed her post, with hundreds of responses, including comments like:
“what you could do is shut your god damned whore mouth,” “calm your tits,” and “fuck her right in the pussy,” which Kroger’s Facebook admin allowed to stand over a day later.
Um, it seems we have a serious misogyny issue in this country. 
Pulled out a hair by mistake.
Pissed all over himself.
... after his warning shit!!! 
How original......
That's what the data suggests, but your results may vary.
With the exception of extremely rural places where it's commonplace, open carry is a really dumb idea. It's a dumb idea for protection: advertising that you have a gun is probably less of a deterrent than it is an invitation ("I have something valuable and useful to a criminal"
and a warning ("Better take that guy out first...he's got a gun" . Why give up the element of surprise and make yourself a high-priority target?
Open carry as a form of protest is even dumber. It's very similar to Critical Mass bike rides in that regard: it has the exact opposite effect on people who encounter it than the protesters intend. In places where open carry is uncommon (which is most of the country), people tend to react with alarm, concern, or even anger to someone carrying. Frightening or annoying people doesn't often bring them around to your point of view!
Stupid...
has never actually tried to draw that lower gun.
