Burke grew up around guns in Texas. There were rifles and shotguns in her house when she was a child, she says, but she thinks a major change has taken place in the intervening years: “Open carry was originally in the context of hunting; in a rural setting. It’s offensive that this movement has really sprung up since Sandy Hook. Think about how disgusting that is; that their response to a massacre of Americans by their fellow citizens is to parade around with loaded weapons in public in urban settings. I don’t know what message they’re trying to send but these episodes they have are always in suburban areas – outside a Chipotle [restaurant], a Target or in a strip mall; places where women and children go. They’re gun advocates, not gun rights advocates.”