Georgia open carry test. How would you respond?

[MtnMan]

Open Carry is f@#$king stupid pretend to be macho bullshit

It is. I have a carry permit, and I have many friends that do also. Not one open carries.

 

[Moonbeam]

The only reason you open carry is to intimidate. Period.

If you're concerned about your safety, conceal carry.

I know why I think people open carry. I don't assume that the reasons I think most would is exhaustive and that there can't be other reasons.

For example many snakes and insects etc. open carry in yellow and orange. So do the police.

I am not so concerned about my safety that I want to dedicate myself to acquiring the required legal training. But I am glad the local sheriff doesn't get to tell me whether any concerns, if I did have them, weren't enough in his or her opinion allowing such a sheriff to deny a permit based solely on that individual's opinion.

 

[cytg111]

Question: Would you have been penalized if you shot the guy in the face? I mean you would be scared for your life if you turned around and saw this dude right?

 

[Ajay]

I’d just leave the store. If it was a mall, I’d call the 911 or grab a security guard. Target rich environment. But this is NH. Open carry is normal, especially as one goes further north. Most hunters toss their rifles in a carrying case and toss it crossways over their shoulder. I feel like I should give them some kind of reward for going the extra mile.

 

[Pens1566]

Now that I think about it this is pretty amusing. I think under current Supreme Court jurisprudence in the movie Tombstone Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday, etc. are the bad guys - attempting to unconstitutionally confiscate the arms of the Cowboys.

Law don't go around here law-dog.

 

[brycejones]

I’d just leave the store. If it was a mall, I’d call the 911 or grab a security guard. Target rich environment. But this is NH. Open carry is normal, especially as one goes further north. Most hunters toss their rifles in a carrying case and toss it crossways over their shoulder. I feel like I should give them some kind of reward for going the extra mile.

That sounds very different from wearing body armor and carrying multiple guns, doesn't that seem a bit more threating than a guy with a rifle in a case?

 

[Ajay]

That sounds very different from wearing body armor and carrying multiple guns, doesn't that seem a bit more threating than a guy with a rifle in a case?

Guess I misread it. Yeah, I would still walk out of the store, get far away and call 911. At the very least, this guy would need a good talking to by the police. Depending on the laws of the state in question - he may be within his legal right. Scalia's interpretation of 2A went too far - so we are still stuck with that.

 

[HomerJS]

The guy is black.

Tamir Rice and Jordan Crawford were killed by police just for carrying when call came in black man waving gun at people. In both cases that wasn't true. When the calls came in for Marley don't know if police were told he was black. I will check

 

[HomerJS]

He was arrested despite not violating any laws. He was held in jail for 10 months.

Let that sink in.
Committed no crime and held in lock up for 10 months.

Does anyone have a follow-up with details?
What happened after they released him? I see some commentary that when they released them, they immediately filed new misdemeanor charges against him and locked him up again. Does anyone know his current status?

I think he was homeless so he likely didn't have money for bail.

Let this sink in, he was arrested for doing something legal and spent 10 months in jail for which he was finally exonerated.

This is how fucked up open carry is.

 

[alien42]

I think he was homeless so he likely didn't have money for bail.

Let this sink in, he was arrested for doing something legal and spent 10 months in jail for which he was finally exonerated.

This is how fucked up open carry is.

What he did wasn't legal. He wasn't open carrying all 6 guns and didn't have a concealed carry permit.

 

[balloonshark]

You shouldn't be able to carry guns and dress up like a mass shooter and just walk onto private or public property unless it's specifically designated for hunting or target practice. This is common sense and should be one of the common sense guns laws we talk about.

Here in WV if you're over 21 they passed a law where anyone can conceal carry unless your prohibited by law. I would rather see the occasional person with a pistol on their hip than not know who is carrying. If you feel the need to carry a rifle in public then you have other issues or are just trying to get attention like the idiots on youtube who do this kind of crap on purpose just to film cops reactions. What they are really doing is making cops respond to something stupid when they could be doing something important.

 

[Hail The Brain Slug]

FYI - In Texas sex toys are regulated yet they have unrestricted open carry.

NSFW shirt spotted at 'Cocks Not Glocks' protest at University of Texas at Austin (chron.com)

I came here to say:

One is a public health hazard, while the other is...






















Just a toy.

 

[Bitek]

It is. I have a carry permit, and I have many friends that do also. Not one open carries.

I have a CCP, and I think open carry is idiotic.

Open carry is brandishing, and others around you have no idea of your intent. It forces others to then make judgements if you are a threat or not and react.

This is not self defense, this is intentional escalation with lethal weapons.

Lastly, it's asking to get your weapon stolen and possibly used against you.

 

[hal2kilo]

I have heard it suggested that a constant awareness of death makes life worth living.

It is a shamanistic concept. It's what gives you focus about what are you doing with your life and that gives you power to act.

 

[Leeea]

The individual who reported Marley to the Publix manager told police that "he heard clicking sounds from the bathroom stall" in the store and that "it sounded to him like someone was loading firearms," according to the incident report.

Yea.

That is definitely a police call and then some.

 

[zinfamous]

Man walks into Atlanta store open carrying a loaded AR-15, shotgun, 4 handguns and body amour. Should the police be called? Would you call the police?

Open carry is legal in Georgia. All weapons are legal

Rico Marley charged after allegedly entering Atlanta Publix with six loaded guns and body armor - CBS News

I'd come up from behind and kick him in the dick, then steal all of his worthless guns.

 

[Captante]

Poll needs a 3rd option for "wouldn't be caught dead in Atlanta so not gonna happen". (voted "would call")

 

[zinfamous]

That is next battle ground for these nutters. Businesses in Oklahoma already can't ban guns from their parking lots. I think some of our idiot legislators introduced a bill last year to make it illegal for businesses to disallow carrying in their buildings.

And yet at the same time, these same private businesses are all allowed to (sometimes forced to) cram Jesus down everyone else's throats.

Conservatives are the worst scum.

 

[zinfamous]

This happened 2 years ago.
What happened to him?

edit
Marley was arrested without incident and booked on 11 felonies, and he was held without bail after a judge ruled that he was a threat to the public.

Then, 10 months later, the charges were dropped because—under Georgia gun laws, which have become increasingly lenient in recent years—there’s nothing felonious about carrying loaded guns and wearing body armor in public.

It's really neat how being determined a "threat to the public" can be invalidated in response to the law(s) that are designed to reduce that threat later being determined unlawful.

 

[zinfamous]

My viewpoint FWIW is that private property rights trump the 2a and that it is completely unreasonable to deny a property owner their right to control how their property is protected.
The open carry advocates seem to be of the opinion that their 2a trumps private property rights and they have the right to appoint themselves defenders of other peoples' properties, both of which are bullshit.
I'm a gun owner myself, and support the 2a, but disrepecting others' property because you fancy yourself a hero is delusional and an infringement on the rights of others.

Of course they think this way until you tell them that they are also obligated to make a cake for a gay wedding or provide contraception in their employee's health plans.

Oh wait, no, that would be consistently logical! Can't have that.

 

[zinfamous]

Question: Would you have been penalized if you shot the guy in the face? I mean you would be scared for your life if you turned around and saw this dude right?

The good news in this situation is that he was black, so even without all those guns on him to point to the cops as an explanation for why you murdered him, being in Georgia you could just say that he looked at your wife and so you felt threatened.

 

[alien42]

Poll needs a 3rd option for "wouldn't be caught dead in Atlanta so not gonna happen". (voted "would call")

Why not? I have lived in ATL proper for decades and currently live a few miles from downtown. It's a great city, full of diversity and just as safe as any other city

 

[Captante]

Why not? I have lived in ATL proper for decades and currently live a few miles from downtown. It's a great city, full of diversity and just as safe as any other city

The same can be said for pretty much anywhere down south these days don't feel singled out!

 

[Leeea]

Why not? I have lived in ATL proper for decades and currently live a few miles from downtown. It's a great city, full of diversity and just as safe as any other city

Captante is convinced it is an urban hellscape.

Personally, I am convinced Captante lives in a hellscape somewhere. He has an obsession with being armed, which clearly indicates where ever he lives is an extremely dangerous environment. We know for one thing it has armed people wandering around it ...

 

[Captante]

Captante is convinced it is an urban hellscape.

Personally, I am convinced Captante lives in a hellscape somewhere. He has an obsession with being armed, which clearly indicates where ever he lives is an extremely dangerous environment. We know for one thing it has armed people wandering around it ...

Where did you get ANY of that from?

Clearly not from reading my posts!