Greetings, new to OC

Good evening ladies and gents,

New to OC, Desoto County resident, applied for my MS firearm permit at the beginning of May, still waiting by the mailbox, hoping for it to show up someday soon :uhoh: Anyways, wanted to introduce myself to the forum, I'll dig into the threads and get caught up with the issue at hand here.

Im waiting for mine to.... I'm 3 weeks in so prob 3 more to go.

I would be oh-so-happy if I received it within 6 weeks! I have heard from some it took them over 90 days, and heard from others they received theirs within 45 days of applying

10-79 said:

I would be oh-so-happy if I received it within 6 weeks! I have heard from some it took them over 90 days, and heard from others they received theirs within 45 days of applying

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The law used to be 120 days, now it's 45 days. They have an uncanny ability to have it in your mailbox right on that 45th day.

MSRebel54 said:

on that 45th day.

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June 23rd will be a very happy day for me then! Perhaps followed by a trip to wal-mart, in an OC fashion.

Yep got mine last week and it was 45 days in the nose. Amazing how they time that so well huh? But I've been OCing all over my part here in DeSoto, both wally worlds, Target, sportsman warehouse, gas stations, all over. Some strange looks here and there but that's about it. No LEO attention yet, kinda waiting on that one. Just hope its not in southaven, the guys on that side of 55, well not to friendly in day to day interactions from my experience.

What makes me so mad about the whole thing is they already printed it. All they have to do is a criminal background check and give it to you.... but the idoits that make the laws wont let that happen. But be even better if we had constitutional carry

techmanchuck said:

What makes me so mad about the whole thing is they already printed it. All they have to do is a criminal background check and give it to you.... but the idoits that make the laws wont let that happen. But be even better if we had constitutional carry

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MS constitutional carry or 2nd amendment constitutional carry? I'd go for either one.

techmanchuck said:

What makes me so mad about the whole thing is they already printed it. All they have to do is a criminal background check and give it to you.... but the idoits that make the laws wont let that happen. But be even better if we had constitutional carry

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Ok... how do you intend to get "constitutional carry"... assuming that you don't already have it?

Constitutional carry would be awesome if State of MS adopted it. Neighboring Tennessee has a bill circulating its legislature as we speak regarding the matter. They (State of TN) speculate they would stand to lose 4.7 million dollars in revenue if they pass it, and, if I know MS, they are not going to like that one bit, what, with them cutting teachers and their pay left and right.

10-79 said:

Constitutional carry would be awesome if State of MS adopted it. Neighboring Tennessee has a bill circulating its legislature as we speak regarding the matter. They (State of TN) speculate they would stand to lose 4.7 million dollars in revenue if they pass it, and, if I know MS, they are not going to like that one bit, what, with them cutting teachers and their pay left and right.

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The bill you link to speaks of "authorization" and endorsements for permits. What the heck does that have to do with "Constitutional Carry"??!! Constitutional carry is EXACTLY what is says it is... a provision in the state or federal constitution that PROTECTS the RIGHT to bear arms.

I am writing letters to day today to all my congressmen and senators at state and federal level as well as the AG of ms. I am going to fight for constitutional carry of CC. I know in MS it is legal to OC by the state constitution tho they tried to stop it with the "concealed in part" crap. If i don't know how many people would want to do this but we could start local clubs and fight for it together.

techmanchuck said:

I am writing letters to day today to all my congressmen and senators at state and federal level as well as the AG of ms. I am going to fight for constitutional carry of CC. I know in MS it is legal to OC by the state constitution tho they tried to stop it with the "concealed in part" crap. If i don't know how many people would want to do this but we could start local clubs and fight for it together.

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What is it exactly, that you are asking your congressmen to do?

well i think one of the first things is take out the "concealed in part" and also define concealed as the pistol or revolver being covered by clothing and if is fully or partly outside the clothing it can not be considered concealed

techmanchuck said:

If i don't know how many people would want to do this but we could start local clubs and fight for it together.

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Well, I guess we add up how many MS members we have in this forum, as well as the ms gun owners forum, with that number, I suspect we would have a good start of maybe 100 members. If we pool our efforts together, we could effectively spam our senate at any given point with our agenda :lol:

techmanchuck said:

well i think one of the first things is take out the "concealed in part" and also define concealed as the pistol or revolver being covered by clothing and if is fully or partly outside the clothing it can not be considered concealed

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Ok... that'd be a good start, but be carefull about asking the legislature to define "concealed" by statute. In La., part of of our illegal carry law is the element of "intent" as part of the crime. In other words, the prosecution needs to prove that the defendant INTENDED to carry concealed.

i thought about that one day and thats why i left that word out, "intended" would be very bad

techmanchuck said:

i thought about that one day and thats why i left that word out, "intended" would be very bad

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You missed the boat my friend... Including the element of "intent" in a statute burdens the prosecution... not the defendant. Not only must it be shown that the weapon WAS concealed, but that concealment was the INTENT.

sorry i thought all they had to do was show intent and that was easier, i was mistaken

georg jetson said:

You missed the boat my friend... Including the element of "intent" in a statute burdens the prosecution... not the defendant. Not only must it be shown that the weapon WAS concealed, but that concealment was the INTENT.

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Yet those in the know, charge you with "disturbing the peace", and that must include "intent" as well. It's just easier to get by with, as it's not black and white, as is whether your gun is visible or not visible. They can always charge you with that, (disturbing the peace) and worry about the "intent" later. Because you made a couple of people "nervous", you disturbed their peace. You see, we got a long row to hoe. And I appreciate everyone on this forum doing what they do, and willing to at least talk about it.

If this Oxford thing happens this summer, every one of us will be putting ourselves up for arrest. Not necessarily for "concealed carry without a license", for anything else they can think of. But that's the price you got to pay if you're in the game. You just can't sit back and type on a keyboard an not get out there and do what you believe in, and what you know is legal and right.

I've talked about cameras before, and no one commented. If it's up to me, I'll make sure there are at least THREE cameras, once edited will make for a great Youtube video, but mostly to just CYA. Cops won't confiscate all three of them. I really don't think they'll be a problem with Oxford cops anyway, but just CYA, cause you never know. It also depends on how many is there. 6 vs. 2 is a big deal. Do we really want to arrest these SIX people who are claiming to be perfectly LEGAL? Probably not.

Anyway, I have all kinds of pokers in the fire. I know the Chief personally, several of the OPD officers, and could even probably pre-arrange it. But the key word here is "probably" and can you trust them to keep to their word. I truly do not know. But I'm willing to take a chance, if anyone else is. I do know they've dealt with a single person OC'ing, but I don't know how they'd react to several doing so. It's just unpredictable.

I'm posting this in the other thread as well.