After reading all this, I also think this cause is doomed.
NJ is the future folks. Come here and you will see what is in store for NH and the rest of the country. If you don't like what you see as your future, then give this guy some credit and support while there is still time to make a difference.
I just don't understand how Dada (OP) or anyone who chooses to do something that is completely LEGAL, should be burdened with the expectation of, or actual harassment from Police. Prior to the stop, Dada did NOTHING wrong. OC is LEGAL in NH, period. What Dada SHOULD expect, is the right to go about his business WITHOUT harassment from anyone, because he was doing NOTHING wrong. I would also hope he could expect more support from the 2A community.
One parallel I could think of. Lets pretend this video was all about voting, the way you look, and not OC. What if Data were hassled by authorities because he "looked" a certain way, and because of that, he expected to be hassled on the way to the voting booth, and so he decided not to vote? Think that's ever happened in America? Should he have behaved differently? Would you be more supportive?
For those who think the Police have a duty to check him out to determine his motives, why stop there? Maybe we all should
all be stopped before leaving home every day and questioned by a qualified official as to our intentions that day. Sounds good to me. Maybe a quick questionnaire or thought-scan? It wouldn't take up too much of your time, and after all the government's job is to protect the public. The police just want to make sure, ya know?
Maybe most here don't like OC because they fear the dirty looks of the little sheep or expect to be hassled by cops. Well, how do you think that paradigm will ever change unless more people do it? How will it ever change in people's minds that (guy+ gun = OK) and not (guy+gun=nutjob) ???? Maybe some more letters to the Senators will help.
I don't OC because I live someplace where I WOULD get arrested. I will never never never never have that legal right here in NJ. So, arguments aside of weather or not it was in good taste, or rude, or whatever, if you do not defend and exercise your rights, whatever they are, you WILL lose them. Once they are gone, they will never return.
Come to Jersey to see the future.