gw80421
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I have never open carried before, but I started thinking about doing it last week. I posted on a local message board asking for people's experiences, and within minutes, I was on the receiving end of so much anti-gun venom, I couldn't believe it. I live up in Park County, so I never expected that. Over a couple of days, I was compared to a mafioso and the man who attached Platte Canyon High School (twice). Other popular approaches were challenging my masculinity, threatening to call the police to harrass me every time anyone saw me carrying, and telling me they don't want to be protected by me if I see someone attacking them.
There's also a lot of misinformation being spread, so this morning I personally called the Littleton and Lakewood Police Departments to make sure there were no municipal ordinances prohibiting open carry. Littleton spent about 10 minutes telling me it was totally legal and I shouldn't do it under any circumstances. Lakewood went a little further. I was basically threatened. I was told that any officer would stop me and behave as though I were a hostile. I would be told to put my hands over my head while the officer disarmed me. I was also told that it would be putting myself in a "very dangerous situation" because when guns are involved, an officer's "adrenaline starts pumping." Has anyone had an experience like that in JeffCo, or is it just a scare tactic?
I have never open carried before, but I started thinking about doing it last week. I posted on a local message board asking for people's experiences, and within minutes, I was on the receiving end of so much anti-gun venom, I couldn't believe it. I live up in Park County, so I never expected that. Over a couple of days, I was compared to a mafioso and the man who attached Platte Canyon High School (twice). Other popular approaches were challenging my masculinity, threatening to call the police to harrass me every time anyone saw me carrying, and telling me they don't want to be protected by me if I see someone attacking them.
There's also a lot of misinformation being spread, so this morning I personally called the Littleton and Lakewood Police Departments to make sure there were no municipal ordinances prohibiting open carry. Littleton spent about 10 minutes telling me it was totally legal and I shouldn't do it under any circumstances. Lakewood went a little further. I was basically threatened. I was told that any officer would stop me and behave as though I were a hostile. I would be told to put my hands over my head while the officer disarmed me. I was also told that it would be putting myself in a "very dangerous situation" because when guns are involved, an officer's "adrenaline starts pumping." Has anyone had an experience like that in JeffCo, or is it just a scare tactic?