Posted on 07/16/2004 10:11:07 AM PDT by SASsySIGster
Edited on 07/16/2004 10:27:00 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
On July 2, Fairfax County police received a 911 call from a Champps restaurant in Reston. Six men are seated at a table, the caller said. They're all armed.
Dispatchers quickly sent four officers to the scene. The officers were "extremely polite" and were hoping that some of the men were in law enforcement, said Sgt. Richard Perez, a spokesman for the police department. None was.
The men told the officers "they were just exercising their rights as citizens of the commonwealth," Perez said.
Turns out, packing a pistol in public is perfectly legal in Virginia. And three times in the last month, including at Champps on Sunset Hills Road, residents have been spotted out and about in the county, with guns strapped to their hips, exercising that right.
In the first episode, at a Starbucks, Fairfax police wrongly confiscated weapons from two college students and charged them with a misdemeanor. Police realized their mistake, returned the guns and tore up the charges the next day. Police commanders have since issued a reminder to officers that "open carry" is the law of the land in the Old Dominion.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
"I love Champps waffle fries" -John Kerry
but seriously, I don't favor open carry either, but
if that's the only was to carry based on their laws...
I know open carry is an option here in MN, but 99% with
permits to carry don't do it. The idea is to NOt draw attention to yourself.And as Diamond Dallas Page used to say, "...and that's a GOOD thing."
Being so openly naive is "not a good idea".
There was another "Committe for Public Safety" during the French Revolution, and they killed people. It seems Mr. Ricker is following in these footsteps.
Huh, now that I think about it my SW .357m would look good with my plaid shorts and t-shirt when I go to the mall.
I'll bet nobody cuts me off on the ice skating rink anymore.
I most certainly do.
I was wondering if someone reading this thread could please post the laws on this pertaining to the states. I think it's legal to do this in Colorado, yet it's NOT in Denver.
Just curious.
Actually, I do. Who gave this jerk the right to speak for me?
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Allright folks, here is the question I have.
I understand that my state (WV), has reciprocity with Virginia, meaning I can CCW in the Old Dominion, but being a non resident, can I open carry there?
I go through there three or four times a year, so I'd like to know.
Kind of long for a Washington Post excerpt. How much did you cut out?
Huh? Is this not a public street? And even if not, why would the police tell private citizens to retrain the legal behavior of law-abiding citizens?
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Kristen Rand may be contacted at :
krand@vpc.org
(202) 822-8200, ext. 102
This is according to the VPC's press release.
www.packing.org has all of the state carry laws, etc.... It's a wonderful source of information. ofv
I think the message here is that the only proper way to excercise one's Open Carry right is to not carry.
Yep. Open carry is legal there. It doesn't matter if you are a resident or not.
Posted here - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1171671/posts - also, but you can't have too many posts about openly carrying a firearm, imho.
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