First, thank you for the positive feedback on the show.
Yes a long gun was involved in some of the carry however, the issue is not what he was carrying as it was legal but that, 1) threats of detainment and disorderly conduct charges by police are inappropriate for lawfully carrying a firearm. 2) Another individual has twice (since June) been detained, with LEO weapons drawn, while sitting calmly going about his business (once in a theater, once in a city park) and 3) that the police detained, disarmed, and cuffed, a CHL holder who walked into the local police department with a holstered handgun....for violation of ORS 166.360 (which is a list of definitions) because they didn't know the law.
Since long gun OC is not appropriate for this site it hasn't been discussed at length but was brought up in one or both threads.
Also, since personal attacks are verboten on OCDO if those comments were redacted so that this post doesn't get deleted or frozen.
Warren is young and he is nervous when carrying around officers. I'm sure we can all remember our first forays out into public. Thinking that everyone was staring, that at any moment we might hear the words "freeze" yelled at us, be cuffed and stuffed, then thrown into a cell with "Bubba". His "cameraman" is also young and so two young men,, lawfully going about their business, are going to make comments on tape that those who are older or more experienced wouldn't make. We need to remember however, that we all share the same constitutional rights and we all share the same state laws. Regardless of how smooth and suave, or young and silly, violation of any individuals rights unacceptable and should be vigorously exposed.
The goal here is not a lawsuit but a lawsuit is likely from someone treated as open carriers have been treated recently. Tedde and I, as well as a couple of others that I know, have probably not been hassled because we are more mature, carry ourselves differently, and frankly aren't hanging out at a city park with our young friends. However, being young is not a crime, nor is being silly or carrying a type of firearm that draws more attention than a pistol so long as it is carried lawfully.
The police here need to learn the law and learn how to constitutionally deal with open carriers as well as other citizens. That they flagrantly violate the constitutional rights of Americans (threats, unlawful detentions, etc.) is not acceptable and should not be condoned by any of us regardless of our personal feelings of their chosen methods or their personal communication skills.