well, i was in new mexico playing minor league baseball, but i got injured in a collision at home plate....had surgery, and now i'm back in florida. i've been doing a lot of thinking over the past two weeks, and something popped into my head. so i went and found the new statute just to check. here's what i'm thinking:
the new statute is this:
790.053 Open carrying of weapons.—
31 (1) Except as otherwise provided by law and in subsection
32 (2), it is unlawful for any person to openly carry on or about
33 his or her person any firearm or electric weapon or device. It
34 is not a violation of this section for a person licensed to
35 carry a concealed firearm as provided in s. 790.06(1), and who
36 is lawfully carrying a firearm in a concealed manner, to briefly
37 and openly display the firearm to the ordinary sight of another
38 person, unless the firearm is intentionally displayed in an
39 angry or threatening manner, not in necessary self-defense.
so, technically, if i was in my house, and i put my gun on, and didn't conceal it, and i walked out of my house, onto the sidewalk, and started walking down the street OCing saying it was brief, i'd be in violation. BECAUSE- i did not start off carrying concealed. NOW. secondly. if i were to do that all over, but was CCing, and as i was walking down the sidewalk i decided to do brief OC, i would be fine, since i started out by CCing. OKAY- here's my third and major point. WHERE in this little text right here does it say we have to cover our gun back up??? as far as i'm concerned, it only says we are not allowed to start off OCing- we must start off CCing, and then go to OC.
am i making any sense? (i don't know if this idea has been floating around or not- i haven't been on the site recently due to being hospitalized for 7 days...)
the statute doesn't tell us we must go back to CC....it just tells us we can't start out OCing. we have to go from CC to OC.
thoughts????
ps- if anyone wants to see pics of my bones/scars lemme know
the new statute is this:
790.053 Open carrying of weapons.—
31 (1) Except as otherwise provided by law and in subsection
32 (2), it is unlawful for any person to openly carry on or about
33 his or her person any firearm or electric weapon or device. It
34 is not a violation of this section for a person licensed to
35 carry a concealed firearm as provided in s. 790.06(1), and who
36 is lawfully carrying a firearm in a concealed manner, to briefly
37 and openly display the firearm to the ordinary sight of another
38 person, unless the firearm is intentionally displayed in an
39 angry or threatening manner, not in necessary self-defense.
so, technically, if i was in my house, and i put my gun on, and didn't conceal it, and i walked out of my house, onto the sidewalk, and started walking down the street OCing saying it was brief, i'd be in violation. BECAUSE- i did not start off carrying concealed. NOW. secondly. if i were to do that all over, but was CCing, and as i was walking down the sidewalk i decided to do brief OC, i would be fine, since i started out by CCing. OKAY- here's my third and major point. WHERE in this little text right here does it say we have to cover our gun back up??? as far as i'm concerned, it only says we are not allowed to start off OCing- we must start off CCing, and then go to OC.
am i making any sense? (i don't know if this idea has been floating around or not- i haven't been on the site recently due to being hospitalized for 7 days...)
the statute doesn't tell us we must go back to CC....it just tells us we can't start out OCing. we have to go from CC to OC.
thoughts????
ps- if anyone wants to see pics of my bones/scars lemme know