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OCing on the 4th of July

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Dang, I guess I've been wrong all this time..... Here's how I thought it went.

(Disclaimer: All in good fun....take with a grain (or 2) of salt!)

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Hey now, easy there - I'm in Paw Paw, SW Mich, and I think most of us would have a fit with being called anything related to Detroit! Detroit subdivision - no way! You forgot a divider running north/south thru Mt. Pleasant. I'm on the better (WEST) side of the state. Anthing east of that line is Detroit!! :lol:
 
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hopnpop wrote:
Hey now, easy there - I'm in Paw Paw, SW Mich, and I think most of us would have a fit with being called anything related to Detroit! Detroit subdivision - no way! You forgot a divider running north/south thru Mt. Pleasant. I'm on the better (WEST) side of the state. Anthing east of that line is Detroit!! :lol:
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I agree... I've only been through Detroit on my way to Canada a few times, never actually stopped. Been to Novi once and Farmington Hills one time too. One to two times in 40+ years hardly seems to be close enough to qualify. I think that west of 131 is West Michigan, everything east is "another world". ;)

West Michigan seems to be connected to Chicagoland, but really only as a vacation/retirement destination for those to escape from the repressive regime of Mayor Daley (and we do have a quite a few Cubs fans). People from Indiana too, they seem to like the fact that there are actually beaches here.

"Up north" to people from GR starts about Newaygo/Fremont (M46) but seems to be changing to an M20 boundary as more people are commuting from former "cottages" to jobs in GR.
 
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DrTodd wrote:
hopnpop wrote:
Hey now, easy there - I'm in Paw Paw, SW Mich, and I think most of us would have a fit with being called anything related to Detroit! Detroit subdivision - no way! You forgot a divider running north/south thru Mt. Pleasant. I'm on the better (WEST) side of the state. Anthing east of that line is Detroit!! :lol:
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I agree... I've only been through Detroit on my way to Canada a few times, never actually stopped. Been to Novi once and Farmington Hills one time too. One to two times in 40+ years hardly seems to be close enough to qualify. I think that west of 131 is West Michigan, everything east is "another world". ;)

West Michigan seems to be connected to Chicagoland, but really only as a vacation/retirement destination for those to escape from the repressive regime of Mayor Daley (and we do have a quite a few Cubs fans). People from Indiana too, they seem to like the fact that there are actually beaches here.

"Up north" to people from GR starts about Newaygo/Fremont (M46) but seems to be changing to an M20 boundary as more people are commuting from former "cottages" to jobs in GR.
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Sounds bout right :) I'd extend the 131 line to about M66 tho. Close enough!
 
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Yooper wrote:
Dang, I guess I've been wrong all this time..... Here's how I thought it went.

(Disclaimer: All in good fun....take with a grain (or 2) of salt!)

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You're map is pretty accurate! I always laugh when someone that lives in Novi says they are from Detroit (because they consider Novi a "suburb of Detroit") :what:. I don't understand how when Novi is like 30 miles from the center of Detroit. Just say you live in Novi!:banghead:
 
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Just remember to steer clear of school zones, so you aren't arrested for carrying in a school zone!
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In MI our pistol registration technically licenses us to walk by a school on the sidewalk OC. If you have a CPL they really can't touch you.
 
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autosurgeon wrote:
gravedigger wrote:
Just remember to steer clear of school zones, so you aren't arrested for carrying in a school zone!
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In MI our pistol registration technically licenses us to walk by a school on the sidewalk OC. If you have a CPL they really can't touch you.
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...Is that a choir of angels I hear?
 
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autosurgeon wrote:
http://kzooteaparty.ning.com/

Its from 6:00pm to 8:00 PM on the 4th in Bronson Park
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Going to try and make it there myself and bring a friend. Hopefully all goes well :)

Great time for my friend to OC for his first time. It'll be good for me as well seeing how I've never really done it with a lot of people around. Just walked around the neighborhood (South side of Kalamazoo) and turned quite a few heads. No police contact yet so I'm guessing that the dispatchers are doing there job by asking the necessary questions when it comes to "man with a gun" calls.

Happy 4th Everyone!!
 
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No police contact yet so I'm guessing that the dispatchers are doing there job by asking the necessary questions when it comes to "man with a gun" calls.

Happy 4th Everyone!!
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Police are less likely to do anything, such as harrass an OCer when there is a lot of witnesses.
 
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OCed at the Kalamazoo TEA Party with my brother also OC. Handed out 8 flyers and had several other people give us the thumbs up. I won a flag in the raffle so I got walk up on the stage in front of everyone OC:celebrate
 
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autosurgeon wrote:
OCed at the Kalamazoo TEA Party with my brother also OC. Handed out 8 flyers and had several other people give us the thumbs up. I won a flag in the raffle so I got walk up on the stage in front of everyone OC:celebrate
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BEAUTIFUL!!! HA! Shoulda treated it like a catwalk.....and modeling this beautiful 1911 is.....

Sounds awesome - good promo!!! :lol:
 
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Smoothsounds21 wrote:
I was there at Riverside with my dad, we were both OCing. Looked for you but didn't see you. Handed out lots of cards though.
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I actually had to cut my Riverside time short; a friend was in the hospital and I went to see him so I was only there for a short time. I OC'd (w/ CPL) in the hospital, as cc is not allowed. No one said anything.

I was down near the GR Ford Museum after eating dinner at Friday's. Sat in front on the wall near Ford's grave. I must have seen 20-30 police officers and probably had a few thousand people see me the whole evening, nothing was said to me at all. My history of no police challenges remains unbroken. I did have a sheriff's deputy nod once while I was crossing the Pearl Street bridge.

I have a friend who works at the Amway Grand Hotel; we got to watch the fireworks from one of the rooms. We then walked around the hotel as there were a few wedding parties going on and then back down to Monroe Mall until about 1:00pm. I was OC 100% of the time/ no problems at all.

OC'd at Perkins Restaurant in Jenison for lunch today, no problems.
 
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