Lord Sega
Regular Member
Hi all,
I'm from Oregon, and I do have an Oregon CHL, but I don't have a Washington CPL.
While I am very familiar with Oregon's laws, not so much with Washington's (I did review the WA pamphlet).
On Black Friday, I drove up to Longview, WA to do some shopping with my girls (13 & 8 yrs old) in the afternoon. There is no way I would brave the crowds in the morning even armed, without a flack vest & helmet.
Anyway, I OC in Oregon with my Beretta in a retention Serpa, drove up highway 30, stopped before crossing into Washington to unload and store my sidearm in the glove compartment (locked), ammo in the mag in my pocket. Went across the bridge into Washington and went to Walmart (finding that they had moved since the last time I was there).
So, we went to Target first. After parking I retrieved my pistol, but I wasn't sure if Washington had "unloaded" OC exceptions to the preemption like some Oregon cities, so to play it safe I carried UOC in Target, spent about an hour and bought a few items. I had no problems, no encounters, just a few looks, but no "dirty" looks.
Re-secured unloaded in the locked glove compartment and tracked down Walmart near Home Depot. Same thing, carried UOC for about an hour in Walmart. Again, no problems at all.
Re-secured again and headed home. After crossing the bridge into Oregon, stopped and retrieved my sidearm, loaded it, and carried it in the holster during the drive back.
So... did I follow all the laws in Washington or did I miss something? Can I OC loaded in Longview? Did I secure it correctly in my vehicle while driving in Washington? I'm open to comments & corrections.
So for an afternoon of shopping I had to handle my weapon outside of the holster 6 times counting 1 unload & 1 reload. Guess I'm gonna have to get a Washington CPL. Sure would be nice when the 2A is followed by all states equally and all the carry rules are uniform, luckily I don't travel into WA much.
Anyone else OC during Black Friday, and if so, how did it go?
I'm from Oregon, and I do have an Oregon CHL, but I don't have a Washington CPL.
While I am very familiar with Oregon's laws, not so much with Washington's (I did review the WA pamphlet).
On Black Friday, I drove up to Longview, WA to do some shopping with my girls (13 & 8 yrs old) in the afternoon. There is no way I would brave the crowds in the morning even armed, without a flack vest & helmet.
Anyway, I OC in Oregon with my Beretta in a retention Serpa, drove up highway 30, stopped before crossing into Washington to unload and store my sidearm in the glove compartment (locked), ammo in the mag in my pocket. Went across the bridge into Washington and went to Walmart (finding that they had moved since the last time I was there).
So, we went to Target first. After parking I retrieved my pistol, but I wasn't sure if Washington had "unloaded" OC exceptions to the preemption like some Oregon cities, so to play it safe I carried UOC in Target, spent about an hour and bought a few items. I had no problems, no encounters, just a few looks, but no "dirty" looks.
Re-secured unloaded in the locked glove compartment and tracked down Walmart near Home Depot. Same thing, carried UOC for about an hour in Walmart. Again, no problems at all.
Re-secured again and headed home. After crossing the bridge into Oregon, stopped and retrieved my sidearm, loaded it, and carried it in the holster during the drive back.
So... did I follow all the laws in Washington or did I miss something? Can I OC loaded in Longview? Did I secure it correctly in my vehicle while driving in Washington? I'm open to comments & corrections.
So for an afternoon of shopping I had to handle my weapon outside of the holster 6 times counting 1 unload & 1 reload. Guess I'm gonna have to get a Washington CPL. Sure would be nice when the 2A is followed by all states equally and all the carry rules are uniform, luckily I don't travel into WA much.
Anyone else OC during Black Friday, and if so, how did it go?