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Carrying a gun in public?
Dan W:
An old friend of mine was charged with terroristic threats for standing in his own home with a partially disassembled AR15 when his neighbor started to beat down his front door with a hammer. Of course the charges were dropped...right- no harm no foul??? The rifle was never returned until he sued LPD
Ask Gunscribe about the history of LPD and false charges involving open carry. He had several pow wows with former Chief Cassady about it and was guaranteed that the officers would be retrained, and no one would be charged with "disturbing the peace " for simple open carry of a firearm.
So, it would be no surprise to me to see this charge for legal acts of open carry..the perp must have done something wrong ... right?
bkoenig:
If you don't stand up for your rights they WILL be taken away from you. Stuff like this needs to be fought when it occurs. Don't just plead guilty.
--- Quote from: Dan W on October 22, 2013, 12:44:03 PM ---An old friend of mine was charged with terroristic threats for standing in his own home with a partially disassembled AR15 when his neighbor started to beat down his front door with a hammer. Of course the charges were dropped...right- no harm no foul??? The rifle was never returned until he sued LPD
Ask Gunscribe about the history of LPD and false charges involving open carry. He had several pow wows with former Chief Cassady about it and was guaranteed that the officers would be retrained, and no one would be charged with "disturbing the peace " for simple open carry of a firearm.
So, it would be no surprise to me to see this charge for legal acts of open carry..the perp must have done something wrong ... right?
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MissMichella:
I open carry in Lincoln all the time and haven't run into any issues. From what I've heard from LPD, they are frequently called when a firearm is spotted, but won't issue citations unless someone is threatening others or brandishing (or carrying in an area that is prohibited). I don't have personal experience with a disturbing the peace citation (knock on wood)...but we all should fight for our rights so we don't lose them.
JTH:
--- Quote from: Dan W on October 22, 2013, 12:44:03 PM ---An old friend of mine was charged with terroristic threats for standing in his own home with a partially disassembled AR15 when his neighbor started to beat down his front door with a hammer. Of course the charges were dropped...right- no harm no foul??? The rifle was never returned until he sued LPD
Ask Gunscribe about the history of LPD and false charges involving open carry. He had several pow wows with former Chief Cassady about it and was guaranteed that the officers would be retrained, and no one would be charged with "disturbing the peace " for simple open carry of a firearm.
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Sounds to me like something where we should (if the specific people would give permission) collect a series of these stories where people were cited for something that was later dropped because it was STUPID---and talk to a reporter for a story to be put into print.
If there is a series of these things, and complaining to the police department is useless (which I'm sure it would be), then perhaps shedding a little light on the systemic issue might make something change.
If all we do to fight this is complain and have the police not respond, that isn't helping. (And considering Cassidy, I'm pretty sure that we can agree that no matter what he says, he won't actually change anything unless forced.) In addition, if the rest of us don't know it is happening, we can't help out either.
Has the board heard enough stories, and have enough contact information, to possibly talk people into telling their specific stories to a reporter?
RLMoeller:
That would be a good approach.
I don't have much contact information for prior inquiries. A lot of times the board will receive inquiries and after providing some information and recommendation to seek a good attorney we don't hear back. Other times an ongoing conversation will take place with one or more board members.
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