http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/06/30/utah-gun-rights-group-plans-open-carry-5k/

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"Running with scissors is generally considered a risky endeavor, but one group of Utah residents says running with a gun isn’t. Organizers of the “Run 4 Guns” planned for this fall in Spanish Fork, Utah, are touting the event as the nation’s first open carry run. The group is inviting runners to bring not only their tennis shoes and water bottles, but their gun holsters, as well. Organizer Macgregor Whiting of Mapleton said the September 5K race, which was first reported by Salt Lake City Weekly, aims to celebrate Second Amendment rights and show that gun owners are responsible, normal people. In addition to the 3.1 mile race, they’ll have a half-mile “armed dash.” Proceeds from the event will go toward victims of gun violence, Whiting said. “Our purpose is to create more awareness and to make a difference,” Whiting said Friday. “We want gun owners and the right to bear arms to be seen in a true light and to be respected. And we also want to show our concern, and show that we, as citizens, we value giving back and making a difference in our community.” Whiting said it’s frustrating that most of the channels to give back to victims of gun violence are organizations that promote gun-control policies. According to the race website, run4guns.com, organizers are seeking a charity to give the money to and may end up directly giving the proceeds to individual victims of gun violence. Gary Sackett with Gun Violence Prevention Center of Utah says the event sends the wrong message and could lead to an accidental shooting. “Raising money for victims of violence of any kind is a worthy cause and should be supported,” Sackett said. “As to the necessity or even the symbolism of strapping on your guns to do so, seems to us to be at best, sophomoric and juvenile.” Sackett said that if people are running around with firearms that contain ammunition, it’s “just asking for trouble. And there’s no particular point to it.” Whiting said people who say the event is a dangerous or unsafe idea have limited knowledge of and experience with firearms. Second Amendment activists “are so often painted as extreme and insensitive,” Whiting said, and if enough people show up for the cause and demonstrate that they’re not misusing the weapons, it will dispel that idea. Participants in the race will be asked to secure their guns in a holster or zip tie the weapon so it’s disabled and the trigger cannot be pulled. The Spanish Fork Police Department said no one was available Friday to comment on the run or on any concerns about the safety of the event. Spanish Fork Mayor G. Wayne Andersen did not return a message seeking comment. Dave Larsen, manager of Doug’s Shoot N’ Sports in Taylorsville and a former police officer who spent more than 10 years as a certified firearms instructor, said if organizers are checking weapons and ensuring that they’re in a holster or zip tied, there shouldn’t be a safety issue."

i can't wait to see pictures from this. 5,000 dwight schrutes

7/12/2013 4:52:06 PM

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"Participants in the race will be asked to secure their guns in a holster or zip tie the weapon so it’s disabled and the trigger cannot be pulled."

So, basically guns are safe enough to carry in public, as long as they are rendered inoperable. Got it.

7/12/2013 5:13:37 PM

GeniuSxBoY is kicking himself for not thinking of this first.

7/12/2013 5:38:43 PM

i hope someone gets shot

i really do

7/12/2013 5:47:33 PM

I don't

7/12/2013 5:48:32 PM

^

7/12/2013 5:50:08 PM

they need to have one in raleigh

7/12/2013 6:21:50 PM

^^^^ I understand you must be against guns and with your attitude I'm glad, I hope no one ever allows you to have one. But leave us with our rights.

[Edited on July 12, 2013 at 6:27 PM. Reason : .]

7/12/2013 6:25:58 PM

the people in the crowd should have guns too

that way, if anyone puts down a bag and tries to walk off, they can be gunned down at once

7/12/2013 6:28:50 PM

calm down. i never said i hope somebody dies or gets hurt. i just hope someone gets shot. it would be hilarious

7/12/2013 6:34:09 PM

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7/12/2013 6:37:22 PM

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"quote, reply, quote, reply"

calm down

7/12/2013 6:39:46 PM

EVERYBODY CALM THE FUCK DOWN!!!

7/12/2013 6:40:24 PM

They're only quotes. Look again, closer.

[Edited on July 12, 2013 at 6:41 PM. Reason : they are literally within quote boxes, and quotation marks.]

7/12/2013 6:40:37 PM

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"I hope no one ever allows you to have one. But leave us with our rights."

Ah the irony of an idiotic gun owner.

7/12/2013 6:41:51 PM

Aren't there already enough threads containing the type of discussion that's about to happen in this one?

7/12/2013 6:45:49 PM

who gives a shit?

all I said was that I think it would hilarious if someone got shot at a fucking open carry 5k.

7/12/2013 6:47:07 PM

calm down.

7/12/2013 6:51:27 PM

I'd donate

7/12/2013 6:57:42 PM

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"KEEP CALM AND SHOOT SOMEONE"

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"KEEP CALM AND GET SHOT"

7/12/2013 6:58:01 PM

There will be a shooting and casualties will be unnecessarily high because no one was carrying concealed.

7/12/2013 8:21:57 PM

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"There will be a shooting and casualties will be unnecessarily high because no one was carrying concealed."

I lol'd


So what if the guns are disabled, yaknow? it's the idea behind it all.


It's not like an IDPA tournament or anthing

7/12/2013 8:26:38 PM

the way i read it, the guns don't have to be unloaded, zip-tied, or otherwise rendered inoperable if they are in a holster

7/12/2013 8:32:26 PM

would like to see dual-wielding Lara Croft cos-player do the whole thing

7/12/2013 9:02:58 PM

^^ exactly

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"So, basically guns are safe enough to carry in public, as long as they are rendered inoperable. Got it."

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"So what if the guns are disabled, yaknow? it's the idea behind it all. "

You're misreading it. If you carry in a holster like any normal person, they aren't requiring the trigger to be zip tied or otherwise rendered inoperable.

7/12/2013 9:32:22 PM

I look forward to Utah's next race, the Beat Your Multiple Wives 10k

7/12/2013 9:34:17 PM

^ actually, the wives are the runners in that event

7/12/2013 9:39:12 PM

really surprised that no one has made any comments about a handgun in sweats joke...


I would totally do that 5k run, but I would be on the extreme side and bring a few rifles, shotguns and even a crossbow, just for the lolz.

7/13/2013 6:20:00 AM

7/25/2013 9:49:12 AM

If the woman is left handed... why would she be wearing a right handed pistol hostler?

Plus, the angle of the drawing, the direction of the eyes and perspective of the comic being drawn, It should have said "Ten O'Clock" instead of Two since it would have been angled more towards the angle of view of the viewer.

[Edited on July 25, 2013 at 9:54 AM. Reason : ]

7/25/2013 9:52:30 AM

Sounds like a good event to hold periodically on the American Tobacco Trail.

7/25/2013 11:24:47 AM

^^cross draw

7/25/2013 11:40:10 AM

if I did this, I would run with a gun in both hands.

also I would shoot them in the air after I won.

7/25/2013 12:38:59 PM

Thank God for people like UJustWait84.

7/25/2013 1:24:46 PM

this might be the single most stupidest event i've ever heard of.

last time i checked it's still legal and will always be legal to conceal carry and/or bear arms. what kind of awareness are they trying to bring in?

7/25/2013 1:27:40 PM

It took 1 reply ITT to find stupid.

7/25/2013 1:29:02 PM

Biathlon has been an olympic sport for decades.. And in that one you actually get to shoot your guns.

7/25/2013 1:37:33 PM