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LEO 229 wrote:
I only posted him to make a point...
This guy spoiled things for all. Cops are not going to look at any guy with a rifle asinnocent anymore. Don't get mad at the cops for worrying about being murdered.
If you decide to OC with a rifle... expect to be watched and approached. Do not be shocked ifa coptreats you as a threat before shaking your hand and sending you on your way.
Let's be honest for a moment... OC with a rifle is really for the country where you are likely to need to shoot a distance target. A rifle is not a practical self defence weapon in the metro area.
Firing a rifle in the metro area can travel for a long distance so if you missed your target.... your likely to hit someone else inside a house.
Disclaimer: This is my opinion. You are entitled to have your own too.
Speaking only about metro areas, I figured this out a few
OC a Rifle threads ago....
Cops are really fearful of civilians walking around in publicwith rifles.
Fearful of what they are doing....what they might do...why they might do whatever they're doing...what they might've done...whether they might shoot them...what will happen to the cops if they don't check it out...etc.
Cops, as a group, are always vigilant and careful when they see a guy with a handgun walking around--but they know, as a group, that many, many people do it legally and properly. But a
rifle....that's a whole 'nother category...that garners the instant, complete and undivided attention of LEOs as a group. A man with a
rifle in a public place in a metro area in the United States is simply an abnormal event.
Highly abnormal.
Any talk of walking through a Wal-Mart or down the street protecting your right to bear arms with an AK or an AR on your back is complete nonsense.
Now, it may just turn out OK and you can regale friends with the story over beer and nuts at the local pub after it's all over. Andall like-minded bubbas can join in the circle-jerk about how tacti-coo-coo-collio you were. You can even engage in someinventive post hoc theorizing about how the constitutional framers
wanted you to be able to do it.
But factor in a
high probabilitythat some reasonable citizen will call it in. And a
very high probability that some LEOs will respond. And maybe a small, tiny prob that something will go dreadfully wrong, and that you'll be missing that festivities at the pub.
If I ever see a guy walking downtown or myneighborhoodopenly carrying an AK or an AR, I will keep an eagle eye on him andimmediately dial 9-1-1. I will carefully and accurately report the details of what I'm seeing and will ask them to come check it please. It is a reasonable thing to call, so that's what I'd do.
I would do that as long as openly carrying a
rifle in those places is a
highly abnormal event.
