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In reply to the discussion: This is how these "open carry" morons should be handled [View all]doc03
(35,387 posts)39. The state of Ohio and the sign says no firearms except as authorised
by state or federal law.
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You might think it is pretty damn dumb to let everyone know what you're carrying.
GalaxyHunter
Sep 2013
#121
I agree with you on that also. Most people here do not realize CC holders have a lower....
Logical
Sep 2013
#98
Confusing concern with "scared" is a wonderfully self-validating way to minimize
LanternWaste
Sep 2013
#110
Just a note here: A guy walks into a coffee shop carrying an AR-15. Or, another walks in to a
AlinPA
Sep 2013
#132
Your misunderstanding of what "brandishing" means does not make open carry unlawful.
AtheistCrusader
Sep 2013
#48
NOT illegal to report folks who are carrying a weapon with the intent to intimidate.
rdharma
Sep 2013
#67
In this state police dispatch will tell you, you are wasting their time.
AtheistCrusader
Sep 2013
#83
Not me. The idiot with the gun is the one "taking up" the police resources. n/t
rdharma
Sep 2013
#154
haha! so it's an automatic reaction for you to call the police on someone not breaking the law?
GalaxyHunter
Sep 2013
#157
your fear of anything gun related which causes you to call the cops out of your fear
GalaxyHunter
Sep 2013
#160
If I see a civilian with an assault riffle you bet I'm scared. I'm scared just reading this thread!
Maraya1969
Sep 2013
#116
I don't think Starbucks appreciated the gun-humpers' "Starbucks Apppreciation Day"!
rdharma
Sep 2013
#15
SB didn't appreciate being made the battleground for an issue that belongs in the legislature.
AtheistCrusader
Sep 2013
#49
In inappropriate situations, call the cops when you see a gun not in the hands of a LEO.
onehandle
Sep 2013
#4
You've got a point...... they're "shooting themselves in the foot" so to speak.....
rdharma
Sep 2013
#10
the point of "open carry"= intimidation and instill fear (an appropriate response to gun nuts) nt
msongs
Sep 2013
#16
so we're supposed to guess if paranoid gun humping cowards loaded their weapons
Skittles
Sep 2013
#17
These gun nuts worship guns to the point that they have to show them off in public
quinnox
Sep 2013
#18
This is how most people feel when they are confronted by open carry demonstrators:
leveymg
Sep 2013
#21
Saw a guy maybe in his twenties today standing outside the mall with a open carry
doc03
Sep 2013
#32
It absolutly does say exactly that. I have been wondering since I have a CCW permit if I
doc03
Sep 2013
#34
Well it is at the Ohio Valley Mall in St. Clairsville, Ohio. Why wouldn't believe they have
doc03
Sep 2013
#37
Well I know not in the bank or a bar but when a sign says unless authorised by state or
doc03
Sep 2013
#47
You're authorized to carry on the private property of a business posting this notice?
rdharma
Sep 2013
#99
Well, it would be nice if the "gun grabber's" were all on the same page about that.
AtheistCrusader
Sep 2013
#58
Since you live in Florida, if you do see a person openly carrying a firearm in public ...
spin
Sep 2013
#80
where does it state that open carry is menacing and disturbing the peace?
GalaxyHunter
Sep 2013
#135
I'd suggest you check the statutes on menacing and disturbing the peace in your state. n/t
rdharma
Sep 2013
#136
Right. Who'd be threatened by a guy walking into a theater holding a shotgun? Or holding a
AlinPA
Sep 2013
#172
A guy walks in to a public place toting a shotgun or AR-15 and it is not a threatening situation?
AlinPA
Sep 2013
#176