Uhm, I was not in this hunt but I do have something to offer.
I grew up in Springfield, my Father was Greene County Deputy and I can assure you he was not a prize law enforcement officer, it was a lot more billybadass than it was anything else.
Now speaking directly to the popo in Springfield, I can not speak to direct knowledge, but a recent take down of a suspect who was a CCW driver of a car that an OC'er was in at the time of a MWG call but not at the time of the police response was not pleasant at all.
Long story short, two guys go to range, one does not have ccw so he oc's, stop for gas at fremont and kimbrough if I recall correctly, the ccw goes in to pay cause the oc does not want to create issues, leave and drop oc guy off at home, driving down road, popo lights him up, pulls right and four more cars come screaming up running code, I believe he said 6 officers jump from car weapons drawn, ordered out, knee in back, cuffed and thrown in back of popo car, car and trunk searched, reamed out for oc instead of cc and trying to scare folks by oc bla bla bla, offending agency that performed felony stop on citizen they knew had broken no law, arrested and abused, violated 4a rights for no reason other than be a bunch of tough guys, the Springfield MO POPO
Any more questions?
You can review the discussions on missouricarry, all 17 pages where a leo takes to defending them and once the reports come out, changes his position and agrees that the stop was indeed completely illegal.
Oh date July 2010 I think it was the 25th but I do not recall and I have no dog in this hunt. I know there are several bad cops in Springfield MO and I can assure you that more than a few have a history of harassing folks for any reason not just OC, OC just makes em think they have a real good excuse.
Now my only other comment is the lack of good judgment in goalsetters comment "there a lot of people on here that are actually not a big OC supporter or not unless we get a full premption." This is very poor wording and out and out just not true. There ARE indeed people here who are not afraid to say that rubbing your rights in the faces of authorities is not necessarily the best path TO state wide preemption and in many cases can work against preemption and that sir is how you ACCURATELY say it. And despite ANY OPINION to the contrary, the firearms act of 1968 was indeed enacted because the black panthers expressed their rights and OC'ed, nothing they did was illegal at all, but it was within 2 months of them doing it, signed into law by one of the best known PRO2a presidents, Reagan when he was Governor of cali following the open carry of firearms march of the black panthers.
Know your history or you shall repeat it. The old saying "the squeeky wheel gets the grease", is actually followed by the more real one "it is also the first one that gets replaced"
Just because someone does not openly carry a firearm every day does not mean that they are not for OC and I offer that sounds just about as dumb as when USMCBESS tries to imply it takes courage (balls), nothing could be further from the truth and while I can not speak for everyone, I can assure you I was oc'ing before either of you were BORN. I do not OC much at all, by my own choice and no I do not feel compelled to videotape myself doing it or take my picture to prove it, I oc'd this Sunday all by lonesome, me and my gals' son and another shooter, had breakfast, went to the range, had lunch, and went home and I was shooting rifles only etc.
Just because someone chooses not to scream from the mountain tops "I have a gun" and try to show it to everyone and post it online for fame does not mean they do not support the cause, it might mean they support it far more than those who do because they KNOW what it will take to change the law and it is not walking around wearing a gun.