Posted on 01/10/2013 9:46:29 AM PST by Tailgunner Joe
Two men seen walking down a Portland street armed with assault rifles told police they were exercising their Second Amendment rights and hoping to educate the public on gun rights.
Several calls were made to 911 on Wednesday afternoon, with alarmed residents reporting two men with guns strapped to their backs walking through the area of Southeast Seventh Avenue and Spokane Street in Portland's Sellwood neighborhood.
When police arrived on the scene, they found two 22-year-old men carrying rifles openly on their backs. The two were also holding valid concealed handgun licenses in Oregon, according to Fox affiliate KPTV.
The men reportedly told officers that they were seeking to educate onlookers about their Second Amendment rights.
"Exercising my rights with a rifle to try to decrease the demonizing of peacefully exercising your rights in public," one of the men, who declined to release his full name, told the station.
Portland authorities later identified the men as Warren Drouin and Steven Boyce. Officers said carrying firearms openly is legal in Oregon and carrying a concealed gun is legal with a valid license, according to the station. But doing one or both may generate 911 calls and possibly tie up resources that are needed for a real emergency.
One of the men told the station that he hoped people would approach him and talk to him, instead of calling police.
"What they really should do is observe the person to determine if the person is aggressive," he said of seeing someone with a gun in public. "We're not doing anything threatening to anyone."
The Portland Police Bureau, however, asks anyone who sees someone armed with guns to immediately call 911.
It all ties together, and you’re right, it would be pointless.
I’m not worried, but it is entertaining. Like all these threads, we’ll go on for a while then get tired, the thread fades away until a new yet similar one comes up, and we’ll do this all over again.
I had no idea what you meant. This is an entertaining, anonymous web forum, it doesn’t matter what any of us mean or say, because, at least to me, it all stops when I log off...there won’t be any ‘moves’.
self-evidence
??? both action and inaction have consequences, of course.
who said anything about an unarmed lamb?
.”it inflames people”
We need all that we can get right now.
No we don’t...inflammations tend to make people’s knees jerk
who said anything about an unarmed lamb?
Benjamin Franklin
He must not have sent that to me.
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
Benjamin Franklin
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
Benjamin Franklin
“He must not have sent that to me.”
He did so. Since they didn’t have the Internet in the 18th Century, he had to use other means to send it to you.
thanks stevie_d_64 for the explanation. Still can’t figure out why businessess think they should post a 30.06 sign as that just invites the criminal element to target them much easier...
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