Washington is an open carry state. Even if they were walking around holding a real gun, that would have been a perfectly legal thing to do, and people do it all the time. Now obviously you don’t want to walk into a bank or something like that, but they were walking to a sporting goods store that sells guns. I don’t see this guy avoiding a lengthy prison sentence.
“Washington is an open carry state. Even if they were walking around holding a real gun, that would have been a perfectly legal thing to do, and people do it all the time. Now obviously you don’t want to walk into a bank or something like that, but they were walking to a sporting goods store that sells guns.”
You don’t know much about open carry, and don’t seem to care much about using precise language, do you?
TRUE - Washington is an open carry state
FALSE - “Even if they were walking around holding a real gun, that would have been a perfectly legal thing to do.”
Holding, NO (disorderly conduct, inducing panic, etc), possessing, in a holster, YES. Note that the linked article says that the gun was a “handgun-style BB gun”.
FALSE - “Now obviously you don’t want to walk into a bank or something like that...” I do it ALL THE TIME with my holstered sidearm, and amazingly enough (to you, apparently) people can actually differentiate between people holding a gun in their hand vs having a holstered gun.
You may not live in a free (or semi-free) state, but regardless, you know little to nothing about open carry or using language or reading it with precision.