2A Fail for Moms Demand Action in Tulsa, OK

By Kim D.

This past Saturday was a busy one for Shannon Watts and her band of "merry" moms. According to the Twitter timelines of Watts (@shannonRwatts), Everytown for Gun Safety (@Everytown), and Moms Demand Action (@MomsDemand), all of the action was taking place in Dallas, TX at a Home Depot.

Open-carry rally scheduled Sat. at @HomeDepot in #Dallas Call manager NOW: 817.656.5274 #MomsDemand #GrillsNotGuns pic.twitter.com/XUuHp9bpbX
— Shannon (@shannonrwatts) May 31, 2014

Simultaneously while the Moms were going after Home Depot and open-carry citizens in Dallas, another group was gathered at a farmer's market in Tulsa, OK trying to gather signatures to promote a "Gun Sense Voter Pledge." 

According to David Risselda who reported his experience on Freedom Outpost, the Moms Demand Action group was a bit surprised when members of The Oklahoma Open Carry Association approached them to ask some questions. As is usually the case when dealing with liberals, the questions we asked went unanswered as the host of their event . . .  deflected the questions and attempted to change the subject, ridicule and even accuse us of wanting to start a war with the police. This came about because he made it perfectly clear that he didn't want to be in any public establishment with citizens carrying handguns in the open. He was alluding to his belief that we are just a bunch of untrained rednecks that simply shoot indiscriminately in all directions just to prove how big our egos are.

Having read some Twitter debates about open-carry laws and gun restrictions involving Moms Demand members, so far this account sounds accurate. This group, for the most part, is ignorant about guns in general and has a difficult time arguing anything other than gun = bad. When confronted by supporters of the 2nd Amendment trying to establish an open dialogue on how to solve the true problem of gun violence without restricting rights of law-abiding citizens, they resort to deflection and insults.

The encounter in Tulsa with the Moms Demand group escalated when the The Oklahoma Open Carry Association found out the moms were going to a local Chipotle restaurant for lunch and decided to join them. You can imagine what happened next. But, the outcome probably will shock you.

According to Risselda, Chipotle restaurants in Oklahoma have officially taken the position that they would rather see people leave their guns at home, but they won't ask you to leave if you don't; after all, in Oklahoma it is legal to openly carry, so they at least respect the law and your rights. Moms Demand Action on the other hand, seemed to be demanding a little much on this Saturday afternoon as they approached management and asked them to throw OKOCA members out of the restaurant because they were "offended" by the presence of guns.

To be honest, we were expecting this, and we figured that we would be asked to leave; but what happened next was nothing less than awesome. The manager refused to kick out OKOCA and even gave them free drinks. MDA activists then proceeded to take pictures of the gun owners and attempted to portray them as intimidating and threatening. The management wasn't having any of it; he threw Moms Demand Action out of his store!