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I just reread Statesman's post and saw that I had read his post wrong. I normally do a better job of reading. I see now that Statesman wrote "news guy", not new guys. My wife says I am disleksik (sp), I apologize to all on this thread for not reading as well as I should.
On another note, I received a response from Curt Sprange, here it is;
[align=left]thanks, milo. it's kinda interesting here because the tone of law enforcement agencies varies greatly from parish to parish. [/align] [align=left]i would never never never encourage anyone to open carry in orleans parish. could you? sure. but you'd need to be ready to lose your gun and perhaps even go to court to get it back. the nopd would simply say, hey, you might win the case, but we'll make it such a miserable experience that you never do it again. you can try to sue, but if you get a municipal judge, you'll be dealing with the same attitude.[/align] [align=left]the next parish over, jefferson parish, might be more lenient -- provided you looked like you knew your rights and were sane. still, be ready for a possible legal duel.[/align] [align=left]and the next parish north, st tammany, might even be receptive, depending upon your posture/conduct while open carrying.[/align] [align=left]my big fear was: somebody sees the story and decides that they'll open carry, and when police take their gun, they'd say, "tv dude said i could."[/align] [align=left]anyway, thank you for the note. please forward that link to anyone you think would be interested in the story. if we get a bunch of hits on our website, managment might be open to more, similar stories.[/align] [align=left]thanks again, [/align]curt sprang
[align=left][/align] [align=left]I may be a little ignorant but he does seem to be open to our rights as Americans.[/align]
[align=left]Milo H.[/align]