Prophet
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Thought I would get a quick rundown of OC'ing during my trip.I am flying into Oakland on the red eye and going to San Francisco/Palo Alto area for the weekend, eventually making it to Yosemite during the week for a few days. While I am aware of the state of carrying in a National park (or lack thereof) I am curious as to the local city ordinances to this matter. I have my CCW permit from the state of PA and while i know that is about as useless as cardboard toilet paper in the state of California I was wondering if I can open carry in the city of San Francisco/Oakland/Palo Alto with my 1911 being empty. Is there any city ordinances or some more oppressive unconstitutional statute that these areas have that I should be made aware of?
I have the trifold pamphlet that I plan on carrying with me in case I am questioned by a LEO but I thought I would try and be more thorough.
And please no responses about how california society isn't that accepting of open carry...no kidding. But I carry for both defense and because it's my right to. I open carry all the time in PA. I shouldn't be shamed into not carrying because of some tree huggin hippies say im killin their buzz. I am reminded of a scene in X-Men 2 where Nightcrawler asks Mystique (the blue skinned shapeshifter) if she can stay in human disguise all the time why doesn't she. Her answer is simple and to the point: "Because we shouldn't have to". I'm not going to alter my constitutional freedom because some birkenstock flag burner doesnt think the finest sidearm ever produced is politically correct.
And yes, I understand that a loaded gun is better than an unloaded one but the 6 years I spent in the army have made me pretty proficient in loading a weapon quickly.
Sorry for the rambling. Any bay area residents know of any LEGAL difficulty i may face trying to open carry unloaded in the bay area?
Thought I would get a quick rundown of OC'ing during my trip.I am flying into Oakland on the red eye and going to San Francisco/Palo Alto area for the weekend, eventually making it to Yosemite during the week for a few days. While I am aware of the state of carrying in a National park (or lack thereof) I am curious as to the local city ordinances to this matter. I have my CCW permit from the state of PA and while i know that is about as useless as cardboard toilet paper in the state of California I was wondering if I can open carry in the city of San Francisco/Oakland/Palo Alto with my 1911 being empty. Is there any city ordinances or some more oppressive unconstitutional statute that these areas have that I should be made aware of?
I have the trifold pamphlet that I plan on carrying with me in case I am questioned by a LEO but I thought I would try and be more thorough.
And please no responses about how california society isn't that accepting of open carry...no kidding. But I carry for both defense and because it's my right to. I open carry all the time in PA. I shouldn't be shamed into not carrying because of some tree huggin hippies say im killin their buzz. I am reminded of a scene in X-Men 2 where Nightcrawler asks Mystique (the blue skinned shapeshifter) if she can stay in human disguise all the time why doesn't she. Her answer is simple and to the point: "Because we shouldn't have to". I'm not going to alter my constitutional freedom because some birkenstock flag burner doesnt think the finest sidearm ever produced is politically correct.
And yes, I understand that a loaded gun is better than an unloaded one but the 6 years I spent in the army have made me pretty proficient in loading a weapon quickly.
Sorry for the rambling. Any bay area residents know of any LEGAL difficulty i may face trying to open carry unloaded in the bay area?