I feel the same way.I was hoping for a little more positive story.... seems a little downing on us open carry folks.
MudCamper,This whole Bay Area Insider / Contra Costa Times / Oakland Tribune / Bay Area News Group thing is confusing. They are all the same company, but maybe have different staff? Because there was this article:
http://www.insidebayarea.com/search/ci_14121268
which seems to be related to the video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whlci8a5qWU ) which was very balanced.
In Santa Clara County, 74-year-old Sherman "Tony" Fontano was charged with a misdemeanor for carrying an unloaded gun within 1,000 feet of a school in December, according to Nick Muyo of the District Attorney's Office.
The San Jose resident told Bay Area News Group that he did so after hearing about the Open Carry movement and getting assurance from police that he could legally carry an unloaded gun. Fontano, who is scheduled to be arraigned today, said police did not warn him about the school restriction.
The liberal media is a perfect example of, don't believe anything you read and only half of what you see.I was a bit disappointed with this article. The video of interaction with residents inSan Ramon makes the viewerbelieve that the outing was positive. The article, on the other hand, makes it sound like people were running for their lives.
I too, was there and I have to say that it was a mixed reaction (as always) about 50% supportive, 20% disagree, and 30% fail to notice or don't care.
I didn't mean to imply that you did. My apologies. The fact of the matter is, that the attitude does exist, and it is quite prevalent, on both sides. But that is something we hope to correct.I totally do not have a "us v them" view. Well maybe a little.
Although a law enforcement officer who sees someone openly carrying a gun may stop that person to make sure the weapon is unloaded, the officer's rights to investigate further become problematic, San Mateo County assistant district attorney Morley Pitt said.
"If the gun's not loaded, you can't make the person carrying it show you any ID, so there's no way of knowing if this person might be on probation or parole, or if they have warrants out on them. You can't check the serial number of the gun, so you don't know if it's been stolen," he said.