AlexMayhem
Regular Member
Gents!
I'm still carrying large and proud (Kimber TLE/RL II in and BlackHawk Dropleg with a mag pouch and rail for my SureFire X200), but I've been absent here for a while. Life. Family. Politics. Work. Excuses.
Next week I'm heading to Olympia to represent my union, and it's my first trip to our capitol. Super duper excited to stay in state because I know I can carry, but I've heard lots from folks about carrying both open and concealed in our capitol.
I remember the year before Obama's first election, unions were calling me left and right to make sure I was voting for him ('Sir, who is Ron Paul and why are you voting for him instead of Obama?'). Thing is, I wear many hats and carry a few titles in life - some trump others such as our Constitutional (Federal and State) Rights.) I have no regard for being PC, but I do represent a bunch of folks who are a part of a union which is predominantly democrat, so my trip will be a bother in that regard. I'll push when and where I can, but what I'm here for in this post is your experiences at the Capitol Building in Olympia. I want to carry my girl with me, and I want to have the legal justification for such pronounced in my mind and on my phone to quote before I go for it. I've been in cuffs while in ignorance in my home town - I don't want to go out for union business and get my butt handled by LEO away from home.
Would anyone with prior experience please show me where and how I am allowed to carry at the capitol, how to handle folks there that discourage it, or PM me if things go south and I need media and bail?
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The Cossack
I'm still carrying large and proud (Kimber TLE/RL II in and BlackHawk Dropleg with a mag pouch and rail for my SureFire X200), but I've been absent here for a while. Life. Family. Politics. Work. Excuses.
Next week I'm heading to Olympia to represent my union, and it's my first trip to our capitol. Super duper excited to stay in state because I know I can carry, but I've heard lots from folks about carrying both open and concealed in our capitol.
I remember the year before Obama's first election, unions were calling me left and right to make sure I was voting for him ('Sir, who is Ron Paul and why are you voting for him instead of Obama?'). Thing is, I wear many hats and carry a few titles in life - some trump others such as our Constitutional (Federal and State) Rights.) I have no regard for being PC, but I do represent a bunch of folks who are a part of a union which is predominantly democrat, so my trip will be a bother in that regard. I'll push when and where I can, but what I'm here for in this post is your experiences at the Capitol Building in Olympia. I want to carry my girl with me, and I want to have the legal justification for such pronounced in my mind and on my phone to quote before I go for it. I've been in cuffs while in ignorance in my home town - I don't want to go out for union business and get my butt handled by LEO away from home.
Would anyone with prior experience please show me where and how I am allowed to carry at the capitol, how to handle folks there that discourage it, or PM me if things go south and I need media and bail?
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The Cossack