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bigmountainskiercfg:
I don't know if you have seen this but... this makes me mad while he may be legal in doing so... Why would you not conceal carry and leave behind the cause for concern?

CitizenClark:
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bigmountainskiercfg:
I just thinking openly carrying even when legal raises a "cause for concern".  The officer seemed to be doing his job and responding to the call, asking the "student" to provide ID that he was legal to carry.  I just have always thought it would be better to conceal than open carry.  IMO

NENick:
I'm okay with this student doing what he did. When I step outside, I know that if joe blow sees my gun, he'll probably send OPD on a feeding frenzy/call. In which case, they'll be tossing me around more than this officer was. By taking that course of action, they have frightened us all into avoiding open carry/exercising our rights.

This student is doing the opposite. He's making an example out of this officer. These guys are watching these youtube videos just like the rest of us, and certainly will shy away from getting caught in this kind of trap. I just wish I was as well versed on my rights/legal jargon.

CitizenClark:

--- Quote from: bigmountainskiercfg on February 26, 2013, 12:44:46 PM ---I just thinking openly carrying even when legal raises a "cause for concern".  The officer seemed to be doing his job and responding to the call, asking the "student" to provide ID that he was legal to carry. 

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The onus of proving I am entitled to exercise a fundamental human right shouldn't be on me. The burden of proof should be on the state agent who is attempting to deprive me of my liberty. I shouldn't have to carry a state-issued ID card to exercise a fundamental human right.


--- Quote ---I just have always thought it would be better to conceal than open carry.  IMO

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As a matter of personal practice, I very rarely open carry, and usually only do so when I am out hunting and don't want my sidearm buried under layers of cold weather gear. But I have absolutely zero problem with people open-carrying, I don't find it scary or offensive when people do so, and I think that normalizing the presence of private firearms in public places is a positive good.

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