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Open carry declared to be 'Looking to get busted'

Rich B

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http://www.ctguntalk.com/smf/concea...kes-on-wallingford-oc-case/msg33159/#msg33159

Some of our fellow 'pro-gun'/'pro-rights' people can be our own worst enemies.

We have people in our community that believe that not concealing your firearm is 'going out looking to be busted' and that unlawful detainment and arrest are justified if you do.

This is the same mentality as the people who believe that women who wear 'short' skirts are looking to be raped, or a person of a certain race walking in an area where he is a minority is looking for trouble. Would we support the criminals or the victims in those cases?

Sadly, the politicians and the anti-gun groups in this state are not our only problems.

BlueMax_VMF114 said:
Sorry man but your on your own.If it was a case like Goldbergs i would support ya But you went out looking to get busted and take one for the Team which i find stupid.And now you want folks to help ya?? Sorry ill pass!!

Mtbiker said:
I agree with Max. The law should be challenged but, instigation is not the way. I read your blog last night after you posted this. I live in Meriden and didn't know about the Yale Billiards incident. I wish you good luck with this.
 
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http://www.ctguntalk.com/smf/concea...kes-on-wallingford-oc-case/msg33159/#msg33159

Some of our fellow 'pro-gun'/'pro-rights' people can be our own worst enemies.

We have people in our community that believe that not concealing your firearm is 'going out looking to be busted' and that unlawful detainment and arrest are justified if you do.

This is the same mentality as the people who believe that women who wear 'short' skirts are looking to be raped, or a person of a certain race walking in an area where he is a minority is looking for trouble. Would we support the criminals or the victims in those cases?

Sadly, the politicians and the anti-gun groups in this state are not our only problems.

I can't sign in to read the post from your link. Can you paste it?
 

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Re: Announcement: Attorney Rachel Baird takes on Wallingford OC case
« Reply #3 on: Today at 06:15:18 PM »

C'mon guys. If you don't want to donate thats one thing, but you have to respect what Rich B is doing. He is simply obeying the law! I spend alot of time on this forum as well as opencarry.com and Rich is very active in fighting for gun rights, and not just his own rights, but all of our rights as well. Personally, I prefer to carry concealed, and thats my choice, but it doesn't make it any better or more right than to open carry because both are allowed under CT state law. I don't often post on these forums, and I don't personally know Rich, but reading this upset me. Whether you agree with him or not, you have to respect what Rich is doing.

Not my best work, but I couldn't believe what I was reading over there. :banghead:
 

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Not my best work, but I couldn't believe what I was reading over there. :banghead:

I appreciate it, but this is what I expected out of ctguntalk. You have plenty of people there who do not care for rights like they pretend to.

My favorites are the people who think that all attorneys work on contingency, as well as the ones who think we 'had open carry' when everyone was too afraid to do it.
 

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How many of them made it to testify for bills other than the infamous mag limit bill?

I'm just sayin'.

Jonathan
 

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The people there arguing the most vocally know the least about the case. They think I had a recorder running in Wallingford (wish I did), and think that I was 'looking to get busted' while recording.

There will always be people out there that are ignorant and arrogant and don't want to just admit that they are not pro-freedom like they pretend to be.
 
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Still, that 911 call still is hilarious. Maybe not your recording, but..........

Don't remember the quotes, but:

911 dispatcher Did he leave, where did he go
caller: He's waiting for you..... on the bench outside!

However that went, I still remember that to be rather funny as hell, dunno why.

Jonathan
 

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911 dispatcher Did he leave, where did he go
caller: He's waiting for you..... on the bench outside!

However that went, I still remember that to be rather funny as hell, dunno why.

Even better are the statements from the officers during the IA investigation that claim that they responded with lights and sirens because there was a (mistaken) report (only from the dispatcher as far as I can see) that I was 'pacing' in front of the hall. They believed that pacing was an indication that I (apparently) was about to do something dangerous.

Pacing. That was their standard of proof for why they risked people's lives to respond to a law abiding citizen lawfully and peacefully carrying a firearm.
 

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The trolling on that site is sad and unfortunate. It is like the 4chan of CT gun forums.

Such serious topics being addressed and announced that could seriously impact the rights of people in this state and they instead choose to lie, preach and post videos instead of taking anything seriously.

It is interesting (although I would hope anecdotal) that those particular revolver guys (not all revolver guys of course) seem to be the most vocal against everyone else's rights. Kind of goes into the whole "I hunt with my bolt action rifle, all you guys carrying Glocks are screwing it up for the rest of us". Would they change their mind if I was carrying a revolver instead of a Glock while open carrying? Maybe that is still to radical for them, maybe it has to be a cap and ball pistol?

That and the "I support open carry as long as you don't do it" runs strong there despite it seeming to be a vocal minority.

How does one open carry while not 'looking to get busted' in this state in their opinion?
 
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there's alot of gun owners thats say they support gun rights or 2-amendment . but they never show or even if you ask them too open carry with you. they will back out or say.(you looking for trouble if we open carry) that's why people should stand up for right to fight for there RIGHT'S. some just say alot words. but never back it up. i agree with RICH B and KIX and others that i did'nt mention support movement and cause. people or gun owners out there please get involved i don't want to hear words. i want see ACTION! so go out there and support the ones that is doing something about it. join them in the fight. THEY GOT MY SUPPORT ANYTIME. also we need more open carriers. because the other 40-plus states are doing it. CT stop being a gun shy state and get out there and exercise your rights before you lose it. Alex EastHartford CT
 
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No way I have time for 11 pages of that stuff, I skimmed over some of it and it seems like people taking issue with methods not goals or OC in general...
 

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there's alot of gun owners thats say they support gun rights or 2-amendment . but they never show or even if you ask them too open carry with you. they will back out or say.(you looking for trouble if we open carry) that's why people should stand up for right to fight for there RIGHT'S. some just say alot words. but never back it up. i agree with RICH B and KIX and others that i did'nt mention support movement and cause. people or gun owners out there please get involved i don't want to hear words. i want see ACTION! so go out there and support the ones that is doing something about it. join them in the fight. THEY GOT MY SUPPORT ANYTIME. also we need more open carriers. because the other 40-plus states are doing it. CT stop being a gun shy state and get out there and exercise your rights before you lose it. Alex EastHartford CT

+1

Alex, you are a true patriot, I am proud to be on the same side you are.
 

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What is scary.....

Pacing in front, open carrying and knowledge that the cops were coming are...... I know I'll catch heat for this statement, enough grounds for a terry stop.

Before I get flamed..... please note: I don't agree with it, but it is what I've seen in the courts monitoring other cases. I don't think you'll find many a judge that will say the terry stop wasn't justifiable.

Alex, I do what I can for the movement, as does Rich. Don't think there should be a movement for a constitutional right, but that's another story......

And Rich.....

4chan of gun sites, you owe me wipes for my keyboard..... I spit up coffee as I read that!!!! Funny as hell.

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Pacing in front, open carrying and knowledge that the cops were coming are...... I know I'll catch heat for this statement, enough grounds for a terry stop

What about that gave them RAS of a crime? Hell, what would be the crime?
Even the police on scene later admitted that they were wrong in why they detained and arrested me.
 
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Again...... didn't say it was right.

Pacing.

I've actually seen cases where pacing was enough (not open carry cases, but back when I did legal research years ago).

Don't recall what the case was, but it was here in CT. Pacing = nervousness. Nervousness was reason enough to allow a terry stop.

If I remember correctly, the "Terry" was Terry v Ohio........ that case was horrible for civil rights.

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Again...... didn't say it was right.

Pacing.

I've actually seen cases where pacing was enough (not open carry cases, but back when I did legal research years ago).

Don't recall what the case was, but it was here in CT. Pacing = nervousness. Nervousness was reason enough to allow a terry stop.

If I remember correctly, the "Terry" was Terry v Ohio........ that case was horrible for civil rights.

Jonathan

There was never any pacing, even if there was, pacing is not a crime. RAS for a specific crime. Terry v Ohio was very clear.
 

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Ahhhhh, but then the Terry argument comes in where it was stated:

As I stated above..... I disagree with the Terry v. Ohio case. It is a complete slap in the face for otherwise law abiding citizens to get searched.

There are clear statements in the case that prelude that they had the perceivable right to search you and take your weapon (it makes no mention of whether open carry is legal or not, purely the presence of a weapon).

In Ohio, the supreme court noted:

Chief Justice Warren on the opinion of the Court:

"The sole justification of the search ... is the protection of the police officer and others nearby, and it must therefore be confined in scope to an intrusion reasonably designed to discover guns, knives, clubs, or other hidden instruments for the assault of the police officer." (392 U.S. 1, at 29)

Key point here is "The protection of the police officer and others nearby".

Though it is abused, there is precedent that has been upheld in both Ohio and the Supreme Court.

What I think is interesting in this case, as it applies to open carry is....... what is reasonable when the firearm is in plain sight?

It may take a case to go all the way up the court system to address the issue.

I'm just playing the devils advocate,

Jonathan
 

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I still have no idea how any of that authorizes an officer to walk up, search, seize and arrest just based on the presence of a weapon and without any reasonable suspicion of a crime.
 
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