Xeni
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I was having a casual conversation with a friend of mine who I've been trying to convince to open carry. He has a XD45 (love the way that weapon shoots /drool) and some other assorted weapons that he keeps within his condo that he recently purcahsed. He's always been one interested in self defense of his home but has never really given OC a second thought.
I went out to a steak joint with him and OC'd my .40 and I didn't have any issues. He seems reluctant still and I just told him; look, its not illegal, you are within the law and your not 'doing' anything wrong. He said he'd think about it.
Recently, the HOA condo community that he lives in rebranded itself as a 'appartment community' because of the housing slowdown. So, in his words, the quality of persons moving into his community has decreased and the property itself has begun to show signs of lack of attention and care. He's noticed that a few persons even walk thier dogs in the community without leashes (the big dogs, not lil poodles mind you). He's gotten to the point where he's reluctant on going outside and walking his own dog for fear of a dog fight or him being attacked by one of these large dogs.
I mentioned to him again that OC here is your best option. If a large dog were to come after him or his dog and the owner can't restrain his attacking dog at least it'll give him an option.
Now, he's agreed that it might be time for him to start OC'ing (yay!) but now he's concerned that because he lives in a gated community where new people are being allowed to rent instead of buy that the HOA might declare the public grounds as a 'no gun zone' and take away his ability to OC or CC.
I hope this scenerio makes sense and I'd like to get a gut feeling on if the HOA can excercise control over the common property and restrict his ability to carry.
Thanks,
-X
I was having a casual conversation with a friend of mine who I've been trying to convince to open carry. He has a XD45 (love the way that weapon shoots /drool) and some other assorted weapons that he keeps within his condo that he recently purcahsed. He's always been one interested in self defense of his home but has never really given OC a second thought.
I went out to a steak joint with him and OC'd my .40 and I didn't have any issues. He seems reluctant still and I just told him; look, its not illegal, you are within the law and your not 'doing' anything wrong. He said he'd think about it.
Recently, the HOA condo community that he lives in rebranded itself as a 'appartment community' because of the housing slowdown. So, in his words, the quality of persons moving into his community has decreased and the property itself has begun to show signs of lack of attention and care. He's noticed that a few persons even walk thier dogs in the community without leashes (the big dogs, not lil poodles mind you). He's gotten to the point where he's reluctant on going outside and walking his own dog for fear of a dog fight or him being attacked by one of these large dogs.
I mentioned to him again that OC here is your best option. If a large dog were to come after him or his dog and the owner can't restrain his attacking dog at least it'll give him an option.
Now, he's agreed that it might be time for him to start OC'ing (yay!) but now he's concerned that because he lives in a gated community where new people are being allowed to rent instead of buy that the HOA might declare the public grounds as a 'no gun zone' and take away his ability to OC or CC.
I hope this scenerio makes sense and I'd like to get a gut feeling on if the HOA can excercise control over the common property and restrict his ability to carry.
Thanks,
-X