What happened here is the man is trying to test the boundaries of OC. Now I want to ask everyone what is the problem with having an otherwise legal gun in a polling place? Everyone that votes are law abiding adult citizens with no felonies or they couldn't vote. If you have passed the background check and can vote you are also law abiding. So you are a noncriminal and you are going to a place where only noncriminals have any reason to go. What is the problem?
Instead of wondering why the man is so stupid why aren't we discussing why it is stupid to keep him out of the place he went with his gun? I am not an OC advocate but I am curious about the mindset of the comments I have read on this thread.
I am glad that the law has been changed as much as it has but I think that if this is a gray area of the SDA that it should be decided on the side of the otherwise law abiding citizens.
I don't think having a gun in a polling place is really an issue, but then again, I don't think having a gun in a post office is either. I think there might be an intimidation factor in openly carrying one into a polling place. Regardless of what you might or might not think of another's phobias in a general public location, would you be comfortable being the reason someone decided to not vote because they saw you entering/in line with an openly displayed gun? I wouldn't. Voting is a right and a responsibility. As I've stated, there are plenty of places to be a test case for OC if you choose to be one, but a polling place is the very last place to do it. It's just not cool.