Wynder
State Researcher
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So, as some of you may or may not have known, I teach computer science course at night at the local college here in Delaware. So, we're in a VB.NET class and I'm having the students pull their homework from the previous week so I can take a peek at the code. I get around to the last student (looked to be in his 40's) and he slaps in his flash drive... watching him pull up his assignment, I noticed he had a directory called 'Firearms' on his drive...
"Firearms," I said, "What do you do with firearms?"
"I teach," he said.
"NRA classes?"
"Police -- I'm on the job. Newark Police."
"REALLY?" I said, "What's your carry weapon?"
"Sig 228."
"NOICE," I told him and I told him a bit about my Sigma and that I was in the middle of taking the courses for my CCDW license."
So, the class went on and afterwards he was waiting for me.
"Where are you at in the process?"
I explained that I was finishing up my class this Sunday (tomorrow, YAY) and then I had to post the announcement, get fingerprinted, get the five affidavits, etc. He just made an icky face.
"That's so annoying, I'm glad I didn't have to go through it."
I popped the question, "So, you ever heard of open carry?"
"Oh yeah... see it a couple of times?"
"Really?" I asked, rather suprised. "Do you give them a hard time?
"*I* don't," he told me, "but there're some ordinances and we've had some issues... what's concealed... if it's in the holster, etc." One ordinance in particular states that it can't be displayed in a threatening manner which leaves it open to a bit of interpretation to LEO's, I'm sure.
We pretty much concurred that if it's visible in the holster, it's 'open', but then we went on to talk about Blackwater and FrontSight. All in all a very nice chat with the fellow... I hope, if I ever decide to open carry in Newark, it's this guy (or someone like him) that I run into.
So, as some of you may or may not have known, I teach computer science course at night at the local college here in Delaware. So, we're in a VB.NET class and I'm having the students pull their homework from the previous week so I can take a peek at the code. I get around to the last student (looked to be in his 40's) and he slaps in his flash drive... watching him pull up his assignment, I noticed he had a directory called 'Firearms' on his drive...
"Firearms," I said, "What do you do with firearms?"
"I teach," he said.
"NRA classes?"
"Police -- I'm on the job. Newark Police."
"REALLY?" I said, "What's your carry weapon?"
"Sig 228."
"NOICE," I told him and I told him a bit about my Sigma and that I was in the middle of taking the courses for my CCDW license."
So, the class went on and afterwards he was waiting for me.
"Where are you at in the process?"
I explained that I was finishing up my class this Sunday (tomorrow, YAY) and then I had to post the announcement, get fingerprinted, get the five affidavits, etc. He just made an icky face.
"That's so annoying, I'm glad I didn't have to go through it."
I popped the question, "So, you ever heard of open carry?"
"Oh yeah... see it a couple of times?"
"Really?" I asked, rather suprised. "Do you give them a hard time?
"*I* don't," he told me, "but there're some ordinances and we've had some issues... what's concealed... if it's in the holster, etc." One ordinance in particular states that it can't be displayed in a threatening manner which leaves it open to a bit of interpretation to LEO's, I'm sure.
We pretty much concurred that if it's visible in the holster, it's 'open', but then we went on to talk about Blackwater and FrontSight. All in all a very nice chat with the fellow... I hope, if I ever decide to open carry in Newark, it's this guy (or someone like him) that I run into.