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OC experience in Georgetown, DC

virginiatuck

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Among many other locations, at which had I had no issue, I OC'd to Old Glory in Georgetown. One of their bouncers said, pointing at the device on my belt, "I can't let you in there with that." I replied "what am I supposed to do with it?" He said, "don't worry, I will hold it for you." Here's the part where I would have normally said "Ok, I'll go somewhere else." However, because I was with a bachelor party and didn't want to diss the bachelor, I obliged and handed it over.

As I walked out the door with the rest of the group, he had it in his hand and gave it right over to me.

Having re-re-re-re-reviewed DC law again; I wonder now whether the knife, a folding/locking pocket/pen knife, that I was carrying would have rendered me in violation of the current revision of:
§ 22-4504(a) No person shall carry within the District of Columbia either openly or concealed on or about their person, a pistol, without a license issued pursuant to District of Columbia law, or any deadly or dangerous weapon capable of being so concealed.

Certainly it's my inalienable right to carry such a device, but you know DC...
 

hammer6

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UNalienable right...not INalienable. big difference- look it up.
 

SlackwareRobert

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"a license issued pursuant to District of Columbia law"
might be the key, since the law is "there will be no license issued", absence of it
should make you in compliance. :lol:

After 12 years I still don't miss that city at all. I do miss the
woodbridge, va side though at times.
 
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