Tolderian
Regular Member
Had a conversation with someone I had made friends with who is a Law Enforcement Officer. His opinion on the matter is that: New cops are usually pretty stupid and poorly trained. He has seen people get charged with disturbance of the peace. If I were to openly carry a firearm in Publix, that would put people in a state of unease, and if the police were called, they would have to question me (in good faith) but if they wanted to try and charge me with someone, it'd probably be under disturbance of the peace or disorderly conduct because I was "causing public alarm". After which point, he's confident it wouldn't stick as it goes before a judge, but he couldn't say for sure. Which, I appreciate his honesty on the matter.
The conversation started with whether or not I had to show my license to a random cop who had a "suspicion" based on the court case where a Federal Judge said something like "unless the person is acting tumultuous, or otherwise gives overt reason, there is never a cause to harass someone who is open carrying legally in that state". It then led to, if a cop was called on me. Which, I feel I should comply as they have to operate "in good faith". But outside of that, should they want to make a big deal of it (since most cops here seem anti-gun.... the chatter, my friends tell me, is that I make myself a target. But, so far, only to the cops HAH!)
I did a search on the forums but I didn't really find anything pertaining to Georgia and wasn't sure if anyone was familiar with it.
Thanks.
The conversation started with whether or not I had to show my license to a random cop who had a "suspicion" based on the court case where a Federal Judge said something like "unless the person is acting tumultuous, or otherwise gives overt reason, there is never a cause to harass someone who is open carrying legally in that state". It then led to, if a cop was called on me. Which, I feel I should comply as they have to operate "in good faith". But outside of that, should they want to make a big deal of it (since most cops here seem anti-gun.... the chatter, my friends tell me, is that I make myself a target. But, so far, only to the cops HAH!)
I did a search on the forums but I didn't really find anything pertaining to Georgia and wasn't sure if anyone was familiar with it.
Thanks.