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The reason we open carry, is to CHANGE the system. By open carrying, these people are challenging, and changing the status quo.
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The reason we open carry, is to CHANGE the system. By open carrying, these people are challenging, and changing the status quo.
It's a bit inopposite. Open carriers don't generally try to "change the system". That usually involves civil disobedience. It is open carry that is generally the default method of lawful carry without a special license that you must acquire.
Open carry IS the bearing of arms that is spoken of in the 2nd amendment in historical context, not concealed carry. You can either allow full open carry without license, or concealed carry without license, or even both, but you can't prohibit both or license them both.
Open carriers are the ambassadors of the gun rights movement, where we show the our neighbors, our local businesses, and so on, that gun owners are generally decent folk, not the movie version of gun owners where we are all psychotics who are perfectly willing to shoot up a building.
I leave this thread for months and now the amount of FUD in here is quite amazing.
OK, first off, you need to quit spreading the FUD that Portland Police Bureau is feeding you.
If they were going to arrest you for disturbing the peace, why did they not not arrested ME for open carrying in Portland repeatedly? I open carried at Pride Northwest 2007 as a spectator at the parade, my Springfield XD 40, in holster. NOT ONE COP EVEN HASSLED ME.
Quit being cowed by Portland Police Bureau. Until you folks start doing what we do in Washington State and the folks over at PAFOA in Pennsylvania do, which is to sue the officers and the departments responsible for bad stops, EVERY SINGLE TIME THEY DO SO, these officers will never learn.
I think we are arguing the same side of the coin on this one. What I meant was, today open carry(and guns in general) aren't very well respected and supported by the general public. They see them as an 'odd' thing, therefore get frightened by them.
By open carrying, the carrier displays to others that it ISN'T uncommon, hopefully changing the perspective of those who see him, and thus the emotional status quo.
And come on, I haven't met a single Police Officer that knew anything about concealed carry laws. They treat you like a criminal until they check you out and you have the documents to show it's legal.
We don't need to earn our rights we are not subjects, we need to have our rights respected. It's not a cops job to hassle us, it's his job to enforce the law in a lawful manor which includes not violating our rights. I would rather be treated with the same respect I give cops, not talked down to in an arrogant manor, and for the most part this has been my experience with cops, but on two occasions I have seen cops out of control and there is no excuse for it, you either do your job right or get a job without the responsibility of a police officer.
so this no loaded carry ordinance, it doesn't apply in milwaukie or down by the clackamas town center, does it?
so this no loaded carry ordinance, it doesn't apply in milwaukie or down by the clackamas town center, does it?
Did you mean with or without a CHL?
With a CHL, you can open carry loaded, it seems.
I'm not sure about without one, though.
Is open carry allowed in Portland/and other major cities with a state concealed carry license?
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I know in Portland you are allowed to carry openly, just the gun must be unloaded. A 'no loaded weapons' law.