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AZ:Yuma Open Carry, Sheriff Dept, honk and a friendly wave
Gun Watch ^ | 6 May, 2013 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 05/06/2013 2:46:15 PM PDT by marktwain

I was out running this morning (missed a session yesterday covering the Phoenix Gun Turn in). I was open carrying, a habit I picked up during Desert Storm back in the 90's in Arizona, not the sandbox.

While running, I heard a short honk. I turned to see a Yuma Sheriff's Dept. truck going by and caught a friendly wave from the deputy.

Nice to be trusted by peace officers. In my experience, Sheriff departments are very supportive of armed citizens.

Dean Weingarten


TOPICS: Government; History; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: az; banglist; guncontrol; opencarry; secondamendment; yuma
In almost the exact same place, I was stopped by two squads and three deputes a number of years ago. Someone had called in and said that a person was running with a gun in their hand.

Probably a winter visitor, most likely from Canada. At the end of the friendly visit, one deputy said to the other, "Well, if you were in this neighborhood, running, you would be carrying too, wouldn't you?"

1 posted on 05/06/2013 2:46:15 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

That is also a tactic for an officer to make sure you know he knows you’re there and he’s watching.


2 posted on 05/06/2013 2:54:27 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (Thought Puzzle: Describe Islam without using the phrase "mental disorder" more than four times.)
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To: Psycho_Bunny

Try that just a few miles north in Kalifornistan and see what happens. Love Arizona


3 posted on 05/06/2013 2:57:40 PM PDT by clamper1797 (De-throne King Obozo)
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To: Psycho_Bunny

It is also a tactic to determine something about the person’s mentality in a non-threatening manner and from some distance.


4 posted on 05/06/2013 3:00:34 PM PDT by TigersEye (If babies had guns they wouldn't be aborted)
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To: TigersEye

I wouldn’t have a problem with it.


5 posted on 05/06/2013 3:13:59 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: marktwain

My wife and I just got back from New Mexico,Arizona and Utah.We each have our concealed carry permits issued by Ohio,we were armed on our entire trip.Exceptions being National Parks and White Sands(trinity site). It was great traveling in states that were that open.


6 posted on 05/06/2013 3:23:41 PM PDT by alchemist54 ((for those who fight for it freedom has a taste the protected will never know))
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It sounds like that you don't know that National parks have to follow state law now.

So you can carry in a lot of National Parks.

7 posted on 05/06/2013 3:31:01 PM PDT by riverrunner
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To: marktwain
Sheriff departments are very supportive of armed citizens.

lol...

8 posted on 05/06/2013 3:33:51 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: y'all

Re: Carrying Guns in National Parks

A Quick Guide to Gun Regulations in the Intermountain Region - National Park Service

http://www.nps.gov/yell/parkmgmt/upload/gunsinparks_IMR_2-2010.pdf


9 posted on 05/06/2013 5:48:40 PM PDT by deks ("...the battle...liberty against the overreach of the federal government" Ken Cuccinelli)
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