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In reply to the discussion: Gun-Toting Subway Customer Gets Into Open-Carry Dispute With Police (CT) [View all]Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)17. it sounds like he
Could have just shown the permit and filed a complaint instead of getting in a heated argument. He may have been technically correct but could have handled it better than the police. Always best to take the high road. He could even take it to the news and publicize how the law is written.
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Gun-Toting Subway Customer Gets Into Open-Carry Dispute With Police (CT) [View all]
davidpdx
Jan 2016
OP
Open carry is an behavioral aberration, unless you are heading into a gun range or the woods, etc.
onehandle
Jan 2016
#56
Why is that a problem? We're talking about a resturaunt, for God's sake! (nt)
stone space
Jan 2016
#84
Good to know there are 'responsible citizens' out there concerned over the safety of others.
Rex
Jan 2016
#136
This incident shows that open carry is often (usually?) a form of protest, not security.
Lizzie Poppet
Jan 2016
#2
Whatever, pistol, rifle, military assault weapon...personally, i don't want them near me
wordpix
Jan 2016
#71
When I'm in a situation with police where I feel I'm being mistreated or having my rights...
ChisolmTrailDem
Jan 2016
#23
Such a scenario would be circular logic and by any legal definition - unreasonable.
NutmegYankee
Jan 2016
#30
No, I'm talking someone not being a responsible gun owner. If someone drove his car inside the
B Calm
Jan 2016
#46
Exactly! A RESPONSIBLE Gun owner would have understand that and showed his permit!
B Calm
Jan 2016
#97
The wording does not include anything about suspecting that a crime is "about to be" committed. nt
ChisolmTrailDem
Jan 2016
#37
Why not? Since they love to beat us over the head about this being a free country.
Rex
Jan 2016
#133
It appears from reading the story he was following the law but not the cops. If they ask for the
Waldorf
Jan 2016
#103
The article said police can only ask for it if there's suspicion the person is committing a crime
Reter
Jan 2016
#154
Stop being an asshole and just show the cop your permit. He was being a gun nut at that point. nt
Logical
Jan 2016
#9
Cops have the right to ask and oc asshats need to show the permit. Twisting what the law clearly sta
wordpix
Jan 2016
#32
They can only ask if they have a reasonable suspicion of a crime being committed.
NutmegYankee
Jan 2016
#62
And knows they can wave their dick in public and intimidate others
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Jan 2016
#159
Next time I'm asked by a game warden for my fishing license, I'll tell him I don't
B Calm
Jan 2016
#24
Normally the law states that you have to show your fishing license on request to a game warden.
NutmegYankee
Jan 2016
#36
Police had no right to ask. They had no reasonable suspicion except racism. nt
NutmegYankee
Jan 2016
#42
With the mass shootings today, you really think customers are not suspicious of some nut
B Calm
Jan 2016
#47
True but those rurl reas are now mostly suburbanized except in the parks and state forests.
wordpix
Jan 2016
#69
When people open carry in a place like Connecticut it's usually to challenge police overreach.
NutmegYankee
Jan 2016
#41
That's a real possibility. Of course, you don't have to be white to be an ammosexual either. nt
valerief
Jan 2016
#55
If I see some Open Carry Ammosxexual in a resturaunt, I'm running for my life!
stone space
Jan 2016
#77
Look, I'm not going to expose my family to some Ammosexual's Matallic Dildo.
stone space
Jan 2016
#112
Are you attempting to hijack this thread to justify personal insults here? (nt)
stone space
Jan 2016
#131
Your stalking from thread to thread does not justify the unprovoked personal insults here. (nt)
stone space
Jan 2016
#142
Neither did I. A stalker injected my real world employment into this thread, not me.
stone space
Jan 2016
#163
Nothing wrong with being a 'responsible citizen' worried about the safety of others.
Rex
Jan 2016
#137
Some Black Lives Matter protesters have started open-carrying in protest of police brutality
NickB79
Jan 2016
#86
Was the person here African American? The one holding the phone, the one open carrying?
Jackie Wilson Said
Jan 2016
#109
My post was a response to the passage I quoted, not passages that you quote after the fact.
stone space
Jan 2016
#156
If someone walks into my business establishment holding a gun, I will call the police. To hell with
AlinPA
Jan 2016
#140
Question, if several of the businesses in the area were filing complaints, do they have the right...
Humanist_Activist
Jan 2016
#175