Good on the police employees to handle the situation properly.
We all handle things differently, Mr. Beck has some valid points IMHO. I can also see it from OCers point of view that he's sick of agencies that know him (apparently) continually giving him a hard time for a LEGAL activity.
That's actually pleasing to know that that dim witted shock jock **** is slamming us rather than trying to hijack our movement like he helped do to the tea party.
Glenn Beck is a statist monster and a corporate shill. I suppose I consider it an honor to know that he dislikes what my friends and I stand for.
Couple of points to your comments - (1) he was never on school property per se - he walked by the "public school" (owned by us) on a "public side walk" also (owned by us).
(2) People said the same thing about carry in general when MI became a "shall issue" state nearly 14 years ago. People carrying everywhere will cause law makers to panic and pass harsh laws etc.. etc...never happened & that was with the left & the "Brady bunch" screaming "blood will flow in red rivers in the street..."
You make good points about the carrier losing his cool, we all are human and make mistakes. Let's hope he learns and uses the knowledge to make it clear he's not the issue. Stupid & USELESS school policies and silly wastes of police resources (show of force displays to ease irrational fears) are the issues at play here IMHO.
Perception is reality and this incident did little to better the perceptions the public has of open carriers in general. Spilt milk at this point, so here's hoping we get better at getting our message our message across in the future.