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Gun Control & RKBA

Lizzie Poppet

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9. If the open carrier is obeying the law, the weapon will be holstered or slung.

Reply to Moliere (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 5, 2016, 01:06 PM

Jan 2016

If it's in their hands, that's "brandishing," and any cops responding will be doing so with weapons drawn and demanding that they drop the weapon (or just opening fire if the person isn't white...but that fucked-up situation is another matter for another post).

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There’s a really big problem with Texas’s new gun law [View all] SecularMotion Jan 2016 OP

And that's how it is in Texas... nt Ilsa Jan 2016 #1

And police are expected to just walk up to people with guns and talk? Moliere Jan 2016 #2

If the open carrier is obeying the law, the weapon will be holstered or slung. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2016 #9

Pretty much if it's OC you can bet it's going to be legal. ileus Jan 2016 #3

yep, now those rifle carrying Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #4

Of course they will..... daleanime Jan 2016 #5

I think we know how it's going to work in practice. phantom power Jan 2016 #6

Un, sorry, but considerable evidence to the contrary. Wanna see it? Eleanors38 Jan 2016 #8

43 other states have some form of open carry without those problems Packerowner740 Jan 2016 #16

Hey! How about an update on the death toll from the new Georgia gun laws? DonP Jan 2016 #7

they did not tell you Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #12

We go through the same crap every time a gun law is loosened DonP Jan 2016 #13

yep, nt Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #14

My SIL is former Marine and a CC holder. flamin lib Jan 2016 #10

"I'll sh(o)ot the first one that unslings that thing to change arms." Then you'll have a dilemma friendly_iconoclast Jan 2016 #15

For someone who incessantly ridicules people for allegedly acting tough with guns you seem Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2016 #17

I showed this post to a couple of local LEOs at breakfast this morning. Hangingon Jan 2016 #11