He wouldn't unless he's a shitty cop. Standard procedure would be to question the guy, and maybe arrest him if you're ignorant about the laws of the area you work in. After which he'll get released and you'll get yelled at by your supervisor for being a retard.Superior Mind wrote:
Interesting. I can see a cop not knowing about this law and taking out a civy for it.
It nothing more than a blunt object. In the amount of time it would take to draw, load and fire -an assailent could easily cover 25 yards. Bottom line is that the open carry law in Cali is all bling.Skorpy-chan wrote:
So, you can carry a firearm openly, but only if it's not loaded? Sounds counter-productive.
Really, I think gun control in america needs to be more together. Probably starting with mandatory classes for anyone buying a gun, with periodical re-testing to make sure they'll at least HIT what they're shooting at.
It means a semi-auto cannot have a round in the chamber. In a revolver it can vary, but will mean nothing in the chamber next in line to the hammer (you would have to pull the trigger twice before it fires) and sometimes means the chamber under and next in line to the hammer.ghettoperson wrote:
When they say not loaded, they mean nothing in the chamber or nothing in the magazine? The guy seemed like a bit of a dick from the comments, and the cop seemed a bit timid.
Actually it is. It's getting people used to seeing them and understanding they shouldn't be scared of them. Most people carrying openly are the "good guys". The more people that carry openly, the more common it becomes, the more people get used to it, the more people get comfortable with it, the less people complain. When you regularly see other people carry firearms it becomes normal and you don't think twice when you seem someone armed.Macbeth wrote:
walking around with an unloaded gun somehow is protecting your freedom.
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Protecting your freedom not to get shot in the ass by someone tripping over a kerb.Macbeth wrote:
walking around with an unloaded gun somehow is protecting your freedom.
i think he's confusing empty with one not in the chamber but the mag fullSkorpy-chan wrote:
Protecting your freedom not to get shot in the ass by someone tripping over a kerb.Macbeth wrote:
walking around with an unloaded gun somehow is protecting your freedom.
Sorry, but I'd rather not be hasseled by anyone -let alone the police. Maybe the man needed to be somewhere and didn't have time for pleasantries. The cops really didn't have a reason to stop him either as open carry is legal. How did you ascertain that he is one of those "government is blah" from the conversation? He said to the police that he WASN'T associated with the group you just described.Macbeth wrote:
The comments about not talking to the police and him trying to end the conversation made him come off as one of those "government is evil, the cops are going to take my guns away" types that think a gun equals automatic freedom and that walking around with it is supposed to keep the military and government in check.
I watched the video again and it looks to me like the mag was empty and it sounded pretty hollow (empty) going back in.krazed wrote:
i think he's confusing empty with one not in the chamber but the mag fullSkorpy-chan wrote:
Protecting your freedom not to get shot in the ass by someone tripping over a kerb.Macbeth wrote:
walking around with an unloaded gun somehow is protecting your freedom.