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Free Talk Live => General => Topic started by: Sam Gunn (since nobody got Admiral Naismith) on July 24, 2009, 01:04:28 AM
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This is a very fairly written article on open carry in San Diego, CA
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2009/jul/15/cover/
They Carry Guns
By Rosa Jurjevics | Published Wednesday, July 15, 2009
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It’s a beautiful day in Pacific Beach as Nate approaches the bronze pelican statue on the boardwalk. He’s slight and blond, spectacled and clad in jeans and an army-green T-shirt. He squints. The sun’s so bright overhead that he is prompted to spray a fine mist of sunblock over his fair skin to stave off a burn.
I’ve never met Nate before, but I know it’s him (a) because I’ve seen his picture and (b) due to the handgun that sits on a holster against his hip. I’m about to get up from where I’m sitting and introduce myself when someone else beats me to the punch. A scraggly-looking beachgoer, a man of indeterminable age because he is so weather-beaten, approaches.
“What’s that for, bro?” he asks, pointing in the direction of Nate’s gun, a Taurus Tracker .44 Magnum revolver.
Before Nate can answer, the man continues.
“There are surfers at the beach looking to party, and you show up with that? That’s not right. Love life! Be mellow!”
This is when I walk up and introduce myself. The beachgoer looks at me for a moment with wild blue eyes, then looks back at Nate, as Nate is beginning to explain what he will have to reiterate time and time again to concerned and/or interested parties: he is open carrying.
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I guess open carry in CA is different from most of the nation. To everyone I've ever talked to about open carry, it means to openly carry a loaded firearm.
It's nice that the guys know that we are losing freedom in the US. Maybe they will get smart and move to NH...
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These guys are very pragmatic. The truth is we haven't lost anymore gun rights in CA in the last several years. Here its been all about increasing the socialism. They've forgotten about guns for a bit.
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Never told this story here before.
I once had a sword I wanted to pawn off. This was at a time my car was in the shop, so I would need to walk to the pawn shop (its the only way to shop) with my sword in hand. I called up a friend who knew a lot about law and he confirmed it was totally legal to walk along the sidewalk with the sword openly in my hand.
I didnt realize the pawn shop was closed on a national holiday so I headed back home. On the way back I walked by a bar and thought it would be a good idea to get a drink. The bartender didnt agree, and kicked me out for bringing a weapon into the bar. Stupid McEffins. Crappiest bar ever.