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Just found this forum today and its great! After searching the internet for days with no success on Open Carry Laws in Oregon State Parks, I am glad I have found this site. The link below is about the closest thread I could find here through a search for my question. Can somebody confirm this with me?
http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/view_topic.php?id=29772&forum_id=45&highlight=Oregon+State+Parks
If I am understanding this thread correctly, Oregon State Parks had rescinded their "Guns Prohibited" or "Loaded Firearms" rules/signs as it violated State Laws?
So, I am not an Oregon CHL holder, but it will be legal for me to Open Carry my handgun in my side holster, with a loaded magazine inserted into the gun (round chambered maybe, but probably not) and a second loaded magazine on me, in any one of these Oregon State Parks along the coast in the link below?
http://www.oregonstateparks.org/searchpark.php
If any park rangers or leo tells me otherwise what do I say to them?
Also from the other things I have read here, is that I can have my magazines loaded while leaving (and in) the Portland area as long as the loaded magazines are not in the gun, correct? The gun will be kept in a padlocked bag in the rear of the vehicle (SUV so no trunk, it does have a small floorboard cubby that lifts up though) and the loaded magazines and extra ammo packed into a different bag? Because the magazines are not a "firearm", but a "component" of the "firearm". Is this something that is still to risky as far as getting harassed, and would you guys recommend just keeping the mags empty until out of town?
Last question, not being a CHL holder, once I am outside of the Portland/Beaverton/Tigard area and stay out of Newport it is perfectly legal for me as a passenger in the car to have my loaded handgun holstered on my side while in route to the beach, correct? Just dont turn the dome light on should we get pulled over......:?
All of this I assume, Open Carry meaning my shirt or jacket cannot be covering my holstered sidearm and it must be visible to the public?
I had no intentions of getting my CHL when I first bought my handgun, I think I will be applying soon though.
Thanks for any information you can give me. I did use the search function and have been reading for hours actually, just want to be 100% sure.
Just found this forum today and its great! After searching the internet for days with no success on Open Carry Laws in Oregon State Parks, I am glad I have found this site. The link below is about the closest thread I could find here through a search for my question. Can somebody confirm this with me?
http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/view_topic.php?id=29772&forum_id=45&highlight=Oregon+State+Parks
If I am understanding this thread correctly, Oregon State Parks had rescinded their "Guns Prohibited" or "Loaded Firearms" rules/signs as it violated State Laws?
So, I am not an Oregon CHL holder, but it will be legal for me to Open Carry my handgun in my side holster, with a loaded magazine inserted into the gun (round chambered maybe, but probably not) and a second loaded magazine on me, in any one of these Oregon State Parks along the coast in the link below?
http://www.oregonstateparks.org/searchpark.php
If any park rangers or leo tells me otherwise what do I say to them?
Also from the other things I have read here, is that I can have my magazines loaded while leaving (and in) the Portland area as long as the loaded magazines are not in the gun, correct? The gun will be kept in a padlocked bag in the rear of the vehicle (SUV so no trunk, it does have a small floorboard cubby that lifts up though) and the loaded magazines and extra ammo packed into a different bag? Because the magazines are not a "firearm", but a "component" of the "firearm". Is this something that is still to risky as far as getting harassed, and would you guys recommend just keeping the mags empty until out of town?
Last question, not being a CHL holder, once I am outside of the Portland/Beaverton/Tigard area and stay out of Newport it is perfectly legal for me as a passenger in the car to have my loaded handgun holstered on my side while in route to the beach, correct? Just dont turn the dome light on should we get pulled over......:?
All of this I assume, Open Carry meaning my shirt or jacket cannot be covering my holstered sidearm and it must be visible to the public?
I had no intentions of getting my CHL when I first bought my handgun, I think I will be applying soon though.
Thanks for any information you can give me. I did use the search function and have been reading for hours actually, just want to be 100% sure.