Yup, and is the stick we can beat them with in the judicial system if we do it right.
Maryland Open Carry Question??
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I have opened carry a handgun on my 2 acre commercial property 2 AA county cops had no problem with it , 1 Cop was beside himself with it read me the riot act . I told him he was wrong and I would call his commanding officer if he gave me anymore hard time about .
Approx. an hour later he said he was sorry to me and thanked me for doing the training . If he could have taken me away he would have that day , but once I stood my ground he backed off .
Approx. an hour later he said he was sorry to me and thanked me for doing the training . If he could have taken me away he would have that day , but once I stood my ground he backed off .
SlaveNoMoreMD
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Did the officers express how did they feel about the ideal of OC?
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Two of the officers said nothing good or bad , kinda like they never seen it .
The last event (a fence jumper/trespassers) the BG was coming in my direction trying to approach me and I told the guy to stop and not come any closer .
So when I raised my hoodie and exposed my gun the guy stopped in his tracks . Then the COP drove up next to me and told me to "put it away" I told the officer it was not out then he said cover it up .
He read me the riot act , it took them 20 minutes to get there and he gets out and was not even worried about the BG's just me .
I showed him my permit even tho. I did not have to . I wanted him to relax and get off my case .
It took him 15 minutes of him mouthing off when I finally told him I would file a complaint on him . That's when he backed off .
BigDaddy
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- Feb 7, 2014
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That father and son proved it was a bad idea to open carry a rifle in Baltimore a month or two ago.
Blacksmith101
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- Jun 22, 2012
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Didn't a State Representative stage an open carry and video tape it back in 2013? IIRC
Mike Smigiel
That was totally staged as an "informational" presentation in Wicomico county that included Sheriff Mike Lewis.
Sheriff Lewis was in on the scenario and agreed to "arrive at the scene" of Mike Smiegel's temporary detention for open-carrying a rifle. Lewis and Smigiel then engaged in a give-and -ake on the subject of Maryland's Open Carry provision.
It was not real life, but a demo/education project. It was a chance to review how Long Gun Open Carry was a legal right--but, weirdly, a right that no one has dared exercise because cultural pressure since the 70's had made LGOC verboten.
After decades out of view, the sight of a Marylander strolling with a rifle would likely trigger a "disorderly conduct" charge, or even "engaging in conduct to the terror of the public".
Staged is the word. As much as I liked Mike, the people in his district didn't, even gun owners I know.
For those who would like to get caught up with the back-and-forth that has already occurred about Long Gun Open Carry on this forum, here are two threads that I started more than two years ago to sample the appetite for an organized LGOC project. These threads have been undisturbed in the MDS vault for two years now, so here you go.
First up: "Open Carry Meeting! Long Gun"
https://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=148355&highlight=LGOC
Connected to this was my contention that we were also not exercising our "Open Carry Handgun" rights on private property and that this practice had disappeared, too.
So, here is the thread called "Take Your Gun To Work Day"
https://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=148735&highlight=LGOC
First up: "Open Carry Meeting! Long Gun"
https://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=148355&highlight=LGOC
Connected to this was my contention that we were also not exercising our "Open Carry Handgun" rights on private property and that this practice had disappeared, too.
So, here is the thread called "Take Your Gun To Work Day"
https://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=148735&highlight=LGOC
They were skells looking to do crime / get dead.
As has been posted, Gansler has okayed (Long Gun Open Carry) LGOC and if done right, it can work greatly to our advantage.
The question is how to do it correctly.
One researched blueprint is in my "Open Carry Meeting" thread above.
We set the project aside so as not to sabotage the chances of this new Republican candidate, Lawrence J Hogan, who seemed to have real shot at the Governorship.
We set the project aside so as not to sabotage the chances of this new Republican candidate, Lawrence J Hogan, who seemed to have real shot at the Governorship.
...And now seems to have peed in the cornflakes of the 2A Constituency.
More like he took a dump.
SlaveNoMoreMD
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Some how I cannot access this link (permission issue). Is there something else I need to do?
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You need 50 post to see water cooler.
SlaveNoMoreMD
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Thanks for the information lx1x!
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BUFF7MM
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And I wouldn't go for any posts like "nice" "cool" "+1" and stuff like that or you'll be awhile getting to the water cooler. Just figured I'd pass that along.
+1 !
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