Who says "in your face" doesn't work

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Remember THIS ONE when you are whining about open carry being to "provocative".
If the wimpy anti's don't like it they should go home and slit their wrists.
Out of the gun vault, into the streets. Packing !

Posted by Eugene Volokh:
U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown Apologizes for Conviction of Alan Turing:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_09_06-2009_09_12.shtml#1252697088


   The [1]statement:

     2009 has been a year of deep reflection - a chance for Britain, as
     a nation, to commemorate the profound debts we owe to those who
     came before. A unique combination of anniversaries and events have
     stirred in us that sense of pride and gratitude which characterise
     the British experience. Earlier this year I stood with Presidents
     Sarkozy and Obama to honour the service and the sacrifice of the
     heroes who stormed the beaches of Normandy 65 years ago. And just
     last week, we marked the 70 years which have passed since the
     British government declared its willingness to take up arms against
     Fascism and declared the outbreak of World War Two. So I am both
     pleased and proud that, thanks to a coalition of computer
     scientists, historians and LGBT activists, we have this year a
     chance to mark and celebrate another contribution to Britainâs
     fight against the darkness of dictatorship; that of code-breaker
     Alan Turing.

     Turing was a quite brilliant mathematician, most famous for his
     work on breaking the German Enigma codes. It is no exaggeration to
     say that, without his outstanding contribution, the history of
     World War Two could well have been very different. He truly was one
     of those individuals we can point to whose unique contribution
     helped to turn the tide of war. The debt of gratitude he is owed
     makes it all the more horrifying, therefore, that he was treated so
     inhumanely. In 1952, he was convicted of âgross indecencyâ -- in
     effect, tried for being gay. His sentence -- and he was faced with
     the miserable choice of this or prison -- was chemical castration
     by a series of injections of female hormones. He took his own life
     just two years later.

     Thousands of people have come together to demand justice for Alan
     Turing and recognition of the appalling way he was treated. While
     Turing was dealt with under the law of the time and we canât put
     the clock back, his treatment was of course utterly unfair and I am
     pleased to have the chance to say how deeply sorry I and we all are
     for what happened to him. Alan and the many thousands of other gay
     men who were convicted as he was convicted under homophobic laws
     were treated terribly. Over the years millions more lived in fear
     of conviction.

     I am proud that those days are gone and that in the last 12 years
     this government has done so much to make life fairer and more equal
     for our LGBT community. This recognition of Alanâs status as one of
     Britainâs most famous victims of homophobia is another step towards
     equality and long overdue.