BigDave
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Last Saturday 09/19/2009 I heard a call over the scanner here in Yakima that a man with a gun in a holster call came across at Starbucks in the Fred Meyers Complex on 40th ave.
I heard the "gun in a holster" and was wondering why they are dispatching an Officer to that location as there is nothing illegal about it.
I assume a citizen called in as the Officer called Starbucks to ascertain if they called and the business did not.
Yakima Police Force which I do appreciate and have a high regard for responded with approximately 6 cars and around 8 Officers that staged and the converged upon Starbucks and found the person open carrying had already left, I can understand this if there were other information indicating illegal activity which they may of had.
I have seen others in Yakima carry openly and with out alarm and conducting themselves in a professional manner.
What does concern me is that legal carry people being subjected being stopped, searched and detained for nothing more then being spotted legally carrying a firearm in a holster.
My main mode of carry is concealed but sometimes it is open carry depending what I am doing and on the chance that I may also be exposed to that "Man with a Gun" call as well.
Using crimemapping.com you can see Yakima had 24 firearms calls in one week 113 in one month.
With these numbers is appears all firearms calls are being treated as illegal and maybe in violation of a Terry Stop.
If there is members here in Yakima or close by I would be happy to participate in a meet and greet with them and others at various Coffee Shops in Yakima to help educate our law enforcement and community that there are responsible knowledgeable people that open carry.
There maybe a possibility to get the local Newspaper involved as well.
State v Gregory Casad and United States District Judge Bruce D. Black of the United States District Court for New Mexico recently ruled Police Cannot Detain people for openly carrying guns with out having reason to believe that a crime is afoot.
I did read about the success everyone had in Silverdale, WA city park and want to thank each of you that participated.
Last Saturday 09/19/2009 I heard a call over the scanner here in Yakima that a man with a gun in a holster call came across at Starbucks in the Fred Meyers Complex on 40th ave.
I heard the "gun in a holster" and was wondering why they are dispatching an Officer to that location as there is nothing illegal about it.
I assume a citizen called in as the Officer called Starbucks to ascertain if they called and the business did not.
Yakima Police Force which I do appreciate and have a high regard for responded with approximately 6 cars and around 8 Officers that staged and the converged upon Starbucks and found the person open carrying had already left, I can understand this if there were other information indicating illegal activity which they may of had.
I have seen others in Yakima carry openly and with out alarm and conducting themselves in a professional manner.
What does concern me is that legal carry people being subjected being stopped, searched and detained for nothing more then being spotted legally carrying a firearm in a holster.
My main mode of carry is concealed but sometimes it is open carry depending what I am doing and on the chance that I may also be exposed to that "Man with a Gun" call as well.
Using crimemapping.com you can see Yakima had 24 firearms calls in one week 113 in one month.
With these numbers is appears all firearms calls are being treated as illegal and maybe in violation of a Terry Stop.
If there is members here in Yakima or close by I would be happy to participate in a meet and greet with them and others at various Coffee Shops in Yakima to help educate our law enforcement and community that there are responsible knowledgeable people that open carry.
There maybe a possibility to get the local Newspaper involved as well.
State v Gregory Casad and United States District Judge Bruce D. Black of the United States District Court for New Mexico recently ruled Police Cannot Detain people for openly carrying guns with out having reason to believe that a crime is afoot.
I did read about the success everyone had in Silverdale, WA city park and want to thank each of you that participated.