SavageEagle
Grandmaster
- Apr 27, 2008
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The Date and Time are Set! September 26th, the walk starts No later than 1pm. I would like all those who are attending to be at the meeting point an hour early for pre-walk planning. Thanks!
We will be meeting here... Indianapolis - Google Maps
That parking lot next to the parking garage just to the south of Maryland (US40). It's an elevated surface parking right next to the Heliport. This is where we will meet.
Also, I"m encouraging everyone to bring a bottle of water. Not everyone's will make it into the cooler, but it'll be there. Unless you carry it with you that is.
I also need someone to drive a van that will be on standby for us with the cooler, medical supplies, and general transport should someone need to suddenly leave. The van won't need to keep driving around unless they want to, but that's up to them.
Also, we need medical supplies. Beyond a small walmart first aid kit, I got nothing.
After-Walk Dinner....
Private dining area, good food, family friendly prices
Paragon Family Restaurant
Restaurants & Food
restaurant
Locations
Indianapolis
Here's the idea. In the wake of patriots stepping up to the plate and carrying their firearms openly at high profile events, I have decided to organize an Open Carry event here in Indianapolis.
I don't expect many will want to be the guinea pigs for the first go around, but all I'm asking for is a few good men and women to step forward.
This will be held in Indianapolis and the date is not set yet. It will most likely be a weekend for best turnout.
Bring your AR15, AK47, Dragonuv, Benelli Shotguns, SBR's, Bolt Gun of your choice, and Open Carry your finest pistol(s).
Consider this a Gun Owner's Pride Walk and a first in the State. We may start small, but we have to start somewhere.
Dress is completely up to you but I suggest nothing too offensive. We want to keep this civil. We also don't want to look like some paramilitary milita the media warns the public about either.
The INGO namesake has been requested to stay off anything associated with this Walk. All materials should not include anything to do with INGO. Thank you.
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Here's the thread where you can discuss the information going into the Info Packets we will hand out on the Walk.
https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...ackets_statement_of_intent_for_oc_walk-3.html
This is our Statement of Intent...
If you will attend please email me at tha.daddy@yahoo.com. Use yes or Maybe in the subject line so I know it's from this group and if it hits the spam filter I can find it. Please include your Username, email address, real name is optional (first name, last initial), and any suggestions you might have.
Ok, we got a good list going finally. I'm proud of you all! I'm sure more will be willing to email me when the date is set. I WILL post the date once it's decided on. You will have plenty of time to request off that weekend if need be.
Colt45er
Archbishop
Versuchstier147
ATM
Tommy2Tone
Henktermaat
2ADMNLOVER
tonyscomputery
bwegner
The Meach
millsusaf
thompal
Beau
Andy219
quicksdraw
mk2ja
raider600
ATF Consumer
Brown
dont_tread_on_me
semperfi211
Mgderf
Jeremiah
cavemike
Glockster
darwin-t
furbymac
Hammeralan
kingnereli
mk2ja
If your name isn't on that list please email me the information as requested on the list at tha.daddy@yahoo.com. This way I can get you in the database and update this post with those planning or wanting to attend. Rest assured your private info (email, real name) will not be released without your consent.
Thanks guys. I appreciate it.
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FIRST FTF MEETING HAS BEEN A SUCCESS!!!
The first meeting went very well. It's discussed below. There will be a second meeting scheduled after our meeting with IMPD. I will keep you updated as to the results of this meeting and when the next one to be scheduled will be.
__________________________
Also, those who attend will be given copies of pertinent laws and rules in case anyone we encounter has questions. Such as the media. LTCH is required for those carrying guns please. This is only to ensure that you are legal to carry. If you do not have a LTCH, a current military ID or Law Enforcement document will work as well.
If you do not have any of these things or would prefer to carry concealed or not at all, you are more than welcome to still come and show your support. We need well spoken people that would be willing to speak with the media for interviews and know our talking points well.
Also, we need camera men/women. We need as many as possible to cover the whole group and anything that happens, good or bad. I would like the whole thing documented and possibly uploaded to YouTube. Still pictures too.
Thanks everyone!
_______________________________________________________________
Just FYI because this safety issue was brought up. Thanks!
Also, there has been a lot of talk about our purpose and our percieved intent with this Walk. We plan on having a statement of intent written up that will be distributed to the media outlets before the Walk that will clearly state that we are a non-violent, independent grassroots group of individuals who wish to educate the public as to their rights. Another part of our purpose is to wake up all Gun Owners to take a stand for their rights and show them a different option other than writing letters and making phone calls that fall on deaf ears and in trash cans.
This is a call to all Patriots to get out there and make their voices heard loud and clear. We can no longer afford to sit back and hope that our rights will not get taken from us and pay our dues and expect others to fight our battles for us. See the NRA and GOA. Only by getting out there and making their voices heard will those in power listen to us. They are not doing that now and it shows.
This is our chance to make a difference. Let's make the best of it and as safely as possible.
_________________________________________
Something else has been brought to my attention that I feel I must discuss a little further. We cannot have signs because it will require a permit. Permits require a 30 day notice and an 8 day filing period. That is too long to wait and too expensive a hassle.
We WILL, however, be working on a packet of information to hand out to anyone willing to listen and learn. This is the best we can do for the everyday people we encounter. The media will have people they can talk to. If they try to corner anyone into making a dumb statement, it simply won't happen. We will have dedicated media spokespeople and anyone who is not one of these people will just simply refuse to speak to the media. Politely of course. If there is a reporter such as the CNN reporter that was hostile at the Tea Party to the man with his small child they will be asked aside. If they continue their hostility we will figure out how we will handle such a hostile person. Any hostility will most likely be met with silence and all of us ignoring that person. The best they can hope for is someone handing them a packet of information and a "vaya con dios".
This would make a good thing to discuss.
_______________________________________
Meeting about the route went very well. We have a route set and possibly a meeting point. I will announce the meeting point as soon as it's cleared but the route will only be revealed at the meeting point on the day of the Walk!!!!
We will be meeting here... Indianapolis - Google Maps
That parking lot next to the parking garage just to the south of Maryland (US40). It's an elevated surface parking right next to the Heliport. This is where we will meet.
Also, I"m encouraging everyone to bring a bottle of water. Not everyone's will make it into the cooler, but it'll be there. Unless you carry it with you that is.
I also need someone to drive a van that will be on standby for us with the cooler, medical supplies, and general transport should someone need to suddenly leave. The van won't need to keep driving around unless they want to, but that's up to them.
Also, we need medical supplies. Beyond a small walmart first aid kit, I got nothing.
After-Walk Dinner....
Private dining area, good food, family friendly prices
Paragon Family Restaurant
Restaurants & Food
restaurant
Locations
Indianapolis
- 118 S Girls School Rd (317) 271-3514
Here's the idea. In the wake of patriots stepping up to the plate and carrying their firearms openly at high profile events, I have decided to organize an Open Carry event here in Indianapolis.
I don't expect many will want to be the guinea pigs for the first go around, but all I'm asking for is a few good men and women to step forward.
This will be held in Indianapolis and the date is not set yet. It will most likely be a weekend for best turnout.
Bring your AR15, AK47, Dragonuv, Benelli Shotguns, SBR's, Bolt Gun of your choice, and Open Carry your finest pistol(s).
Consider this a Gun Owner's Pride Walk and a first in the State. We may start small, but we have to start somewhere.
Dress is completely up to you but I suggest nothing too offensive. We want to keep this civil. We also don't want to look like some paramilitary milita the media warns the public about either.
The INGO namesake has been requested to stay off anything associated with this Walk. All materials should not include anything to do with INGO. Thank you.
_______________________________
Here's the thread where you can discuss the information going into the Info Packets we will hand out on the Walk.
https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...ackets_statement_of_intent_for_oc_walk-3.html
This is our Statement of Intent...
_______________________________Statement of Intent: Why we walk today
A group of your fellow American citizens and residents of the great state of Indiana have assembled together in a peaceable manner to help educate our fellow Hoosiers about our rights to lawfully keep and bear arms. In our modern society, many non-gun owners may feel that our historic firearms rights are outdated. We are here today to bring attention to the fact that an armed citizenry has been at the foundation of our liberties since the formation of our great nation and must continue without infringement so that those freedoms we hold most dear may survive.
Most of us are aware that the Constitution of the United States of America is the first codification of the individual’s right to keep and bear arms. The 2nd Amendment, in a section called the Bill of Rights, states that, “the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” Many Hoosiers may not know that the Constitution of the State of Indiana also expressly addresses the issue of our rights to bear arms in Section 32: “The people shall have a right to bear arms, for the defense of themselves and the State.”
Why were our founding fathers so concerned about the common citizen’s ability to own and bear arms?
When these constitutions were written, the authors’ overriding concern was to avoid the tyranny of the many centralized, monarchical governments of Europe. Their experience was that too much power granted to a centralized national government inevitably led to a trampling of the rights of the people. The most important guarantor of the people’s rights was to ensure that they could always keep and bear arms. The Founders reasoned that no standing army raised by a central government could ever overpower the public because they would always be outnumbered many fold. If one studies the great despotic schemes of the 20th Century such as the Russian revolution, China’s Maoist revolution, Nazi Germany, and Castro’s Cuba, one of their first objectives was to confiscate the public’s firearms. Totalitarian governments are afraid to allow the people this freedom because they know it will inevitably lead to resistance to their total control of their societies.
While it may be hard to believe that these types of totalitarian governments would ever emerge in the United States, our Founding Fathers were fearful enough and wise enough to expressly and permanently make private ownership of guns a permanent part of our legal landscape for the express purpose of deterring any such usurping of the people’s power. The Founders trusted the people rather than the corrupting power of large central governments.
Today, we are witnessing increasing hostility toward the time honored right of private gun ownership and carry rights in America.
The Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches of our powerful, centralized federal government have made various attempts to weaken or revoke our traditional firearms rights. We have also seen attempts at the state level to infringe on this bedrock right that, thankfully, have failed to date. However, we fear, like our Founding Fathers, that attempts to weaken or circumvent the 2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and Section 32 of the Indiana Constitution have been increasing and could someday be successful if we don’t raise awareness of these issues with all Hoosiers.
We walk in solidarity with our Founding Fathers and the generations of Hoosiers and Americans that preceded us, in proclaiming our important legal rights to keep and bear arms. As law-abiding citizens, we seek the vigilant support of all our fellow Hoosiers, whether gun owners or not, to defend our liberties against those who would seek to diminish our national and state rights to keep and bear arms.
If you will attend please email me at tha.daddy@yahoo.com. Use yes or Maybe in the subject line so I know it's from this group and if it hits the spam filter I can find it. Please include your Username, email address, real name is optional (first name, last initial), and any suggestions you might have.
Ok, we got a good list going finally. I'm proud of you all! I'm sure more will be willing to email me when the date is set. I WILL post the date once it's decided on. You will have plenty of time to request off that weekend if need be.
Colt45er
Archbishop
Versuchstier147
ATM
Tommy2Tone
Henktermaat
2ADMNLOVER
tonyscomputery
bwegner
The Meach
millsusaf
thompal
Beau
Andy219
quicksdraw
mk2ja
raider600
ATF Consumer
Brown
dont_tread_on_me
semperfi211
Mgderf
Jeremiah
cavemike
Glockster
darwin-t
furbymac
Hammeralan
kingnereli
mk2ja
If your name isn't on that list please email me the information as requested on the list at tha.daddy@yahoo.com. This way I can get you in the database and update this post with those planning or wanting to attend. Rest assured your private info (email, real name) will not be released without your consent.
Thanks guys. I appreciate it.
________________________
FIRST FTF MEETING HAS BEEN A SUCCESS!!!
The first meeting went very well. It's discussed below. There will be a second meeting scheduled after our meeting with IMPD. I will keep you updated as to the results of this meeting and when the next one to be scheduled will be.
__________________________
Also, those who attend will be given copies of pertinent laws and rules in case anyone we encounter has questions. Such as the media. LTCH is required for those carrying guns please. This is only to ensure that you are legal to carry. If you do not have a LTCH, a current military ID or Law Enforcement document will work as well.
If you do not have any of these things or would prefer to carry concealed or not at all, you are more than welcome to still come and show your support. We need well spoken people that would be willing to speak with the media for interviews and know our talking points well.
Also, we need camera men/women. We need as many as possible to cover the whole group and anything that happens, good or bad. I would like the whole thing documented and possibly uploaded to YouTube. Still pictures too.
Thanks everyone!
_______________________________________________________________
Just FYI because this safety issue was brought up. Thanks!
So if every one involved is packing pistols and rifles with full mags and one in the pipe tell what you are going to do with those when you all start squeezing in a booth at Mickey D's?
I've read several threads here espousing the thought it is a danger to every one around for a police officer to handle your firearm, unload or expect you to reload safely in a public setting, so what are you going to do with your AR and, 30 round magazines, Glock and back up and all the magazines, not to mention the guys who can't wolf down a burger in comfort with out a neck knife and a K-bar on their belt?
_______________________________________________There will be no crowding around. This will have safety as the top priority. Pistols can be chambered but not, I REPEAT NOT THE RIFLES!!!!
There must be no "Showing Off" your piece and no fumbling of the rifles. Leave them slung over your shoulder. We're all adults here. If you see an unsafe act, correct the person. Be kind. No arguing. No "Mine is better than yours."
Any unsafe handling of firearms and you will be asked to leave.
Also, there has been a lot of talk about our purpose and our percieved intent with this Walk. We plan on having a statement of intent written up that will be distributed to the media outlets before the Walk that will clearly state that we are a non-violent, independent grassroots group of individuals who wish to educate the public as to their rights. Another part of our purpose is to wake up all Gun Owners to take a stand for their rights and show them a different option other than writing letters and making phone calls that fall on deaf ears and in trash cans.
This is a call to all Patriots to get out there and make their voices heard loud and clear. We can no longer afford to sit back and hope that our rights will not get taken from us and pay our dues and expect others to fight our battles for us. See the NRA and GOA. Only by getting out there and making their voices heard will those in power listen to us. They are not doing that now and it shows.
This is our chance to make a difference. Let's make the best of it and as safely as possible.
_________________________________________
Something else has been brought to my attention that I feel I must discuss a little further. We cannot have signs because it will require a permit. Permits require a 30 day notice and an 8 day filing period. That is too long to wait and too expensive a hassle.
We WILL, however, be working on a packet of information to hand out to anyone willing to listen and learn. This is the best we can do for the everyday people we encounter. The media will have people they can talk to. If they try to corner anyone into making a dumb statement, it simply won't happen. We will have dedicated media spokespeople and anyone who is not one of these people will just simply refuse to speak to the media. Politely of course. If there is a reporter such as the CNN reporter that was hostile at the Tea Party to the man with his small child they will be asked aside. If they continue their hostility we will figure out how we will handle such a hostile person. Any hostility will most likely be met with silence and all of us ignoring that person. The best they can hope for is someone handing them a packet of information and a "vaya con dios".
This would make a good thing to discuss.
_______________________________________
Meeting about the route went very well. We have a route set and possibly a meeting point. I will announce the meeting point as soon as it's cleared but the route will only be revealed at the meeting point on the day of the Walk!!!!
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