In reading Leslie Salzillo's diary, it reminded me of an event where I live just a couple of weeks ago.
April 12 was Medford, Oregon's annual "Pear Blossom" festival. (Bill in Portland Main mentioned us this year in his By the Numbers segment... we've really made it!) Part of the festival involves a street fair, in which I spent a good part of the day at a booth. Partway through the day, a man walks by with some kind of semi-auto rifle strapped to his back. Apparently, this is now a "thing".... because they can, they do. In fact, when I left for a time period, I guess 3 of these guys stopped at our booth (a political campaign booth for a Sheriff's race) and stayed awhile. We know some of the cops patrolling the area, they say these guys do this regularly, they know who they are and while it bothers people, there is nothing they can do.
I've come up with a solution. It will take awhile, but I think it will lesson this strange outbreak of public gun porn. The next time I see this, in as loud a voice as possible, I will say "Your penis must be really small if you feel you need that big of a gun". And I shall keep saying it.
The KKK was dealt a blow by public ridicule. If enough people link public gun display = lack of manhood so it becomes a meme, these guys may stop on their own.
(And just a statement....I do not believe there is a correlation between size of sexual organs and what makes a man or a woman......but I can think of nothing else that would have the same effect)