SecondAmendmentStudents
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This question stems from my city, South Jordan,being on the brink of banning any sort of projectile-launching toy that might appear like a firearm. The police complained to the city council because they got 15 "MWAG" calls in the last 18 months which turned out to be fakes (airsoft, BB, paintball, etc). Now they want the City Council to ban all those toys.That irritates me for a number of libertarian / limited government ideas and also because it reinforces the perception that non-cops with guns are bad people.
If they decide to go ahead with the ban, I intend to launch a "police education campaign" somewhat akin to what TJ has done in WVC. I've not OC'ed up 'til now except in rare circumstances, but I think I'll start doing it at places like the library, city parks, City Hall, etc, until I feel that the police have asolid understanding of the concept of "the right of the people to keep and bear arms". I hope I don't come off like a prick or a brat for wanting to do this. Maybe it's for all the wrong reasons: it's, at least in part, a"fine, if you say I can'thave my airsoft gun around town, then I'll just carry my real gun around town" reaction. There's a bit of me that would like to, by myself, set a new MWAG-calls record for South Jordan.
Anyways, my question is this: What nuisance laws / disturbing the peace laws do I need to be aware of or avoid violating? I'm pretty up-to-date on the gun laws, but not sure what other things they might try to hit me with.IANAL and, consequently, not very good at tracking these things down, so I was hoping to pick your brains a bit. Anyone been threatened by police that they will charge you with _____, or know of someone who was convicted of ____ for OC'ing? Any information would be greatly appreciated.
This question stems from my city, South Jordan,being on the brink of banning any sort of projectile-launching toy that might appear like a firearm. The police complained to the city council because they got 15 "MWAG" calls in the last 18 months which turned out to be fakes (airsoft, BB, paintball, etc). Now they want the City Council to ban all those toys.That irritates me for a number of libertarian / limited government ideas and also because it reinforces the perception that non-cops with guns are bad people.
If they decide to go ahead with the ban, I intend to launch a "police education campaign" somewhat akin to what TJ has done in WVC. I've not OC'ed up 'til now except in rare circumstances, but I think I'll start doing it at places like the library, city parks, City Hall, etc, until I feel that the police have asolid understanding of the concept of "the right of the people to keep and bear arms". I hope I don't come off like a prick or a brat for wanting to do this. Maybe it's for all the wrong reasons: it's, at least in part, a"fine, if you say I can'thave my airsoft gun around town, then I'll just carry my real gun around town" reaction. There's a bit of me that would like to, by myself, set a new MWAG-calls record for South Jordan.
Anyways, my question is this: What nuisance laws / disturbing the peace laws do I need to be aware of or avoid violating? I'm pretty up-to-date on the gun laws, but not sure what other things they might try to hit me with.IANAL and, consequently, not very good at tracking these things down, so I was hoping to pick your brains a bit. Anyone been threatened by police that they will charge you with _____, or know of someone who was convicted of ____ for OC'ing? Any information would be greatly appreciated.